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Conference

Practices of Emancipation Conference

06.18.2022

Event Summary

Colored Troops, Under General Wild, Liberating Slaves in North Carolina, from Harper’s Weekly, January 23, 1864.

Colored Troops, Under General Wild, Liberating Slaves in North Carolina, from Harper’s Weekly, January 23, 1864.

This conference, sponsored by the Practices of Emancipation II project, facilitated discussion among scholars pursuing digital projects to study the African American experience of the Civil War. Invited participants gathered for a series of presentations, workshops, and breakout sessions, with the shared goal of identifying opportunities for future collaboration.