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SUMMARY:“The Slave Societies Digital Archive: Racing Against Time to Save Endang
ered History,” Jane Landers
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Slave Societies Digital Archive preserves the oldest r
ecords for the slave societies of the Americas and is now the largest ar
chive of its kind in the world\, documenting the lives of approximately
four to six million free and enslaved Africans\, their descendants\, and
the indigenous\, European\, and Asian people with whom they interacted
in Cuba\, Brazil\, Colombia\, and what was then Spanish La Florida. In a
ddition\, SSDA preserves African materials collected in Angola\, Benin\,
and Cape Verde. Teams of developers\, historians\, students\, and commu
nity members are working to make these records freely available online f
or all to use. Join its director\, distinguished historian Jane Landers\
, as she explains the SSDA and its possibilities for research and commun
ity history.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/hist_j
ane-landers_101923/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Slave Socie
ties Digital Archive preserves the oldest records for the slave societie
s of the Americas and is now the largest archive of its kind in the worl
d, documenting the lives of approximately four to six million free and e
nslaved Africans, their descendants, and the indigenous, European, and A
sian people with whom they interacted in Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, and wha
t was then Spanish La Florida. In addition, SSDA preserves African mater
ials collected in Angola, Benin, and Cape Verde. Teams of developers, hi
storians, students, and community members are working to make these reco
rds freely available online for all to use. Join its director, distingui
shed historian Jane Landers, as she explains the SSDA and its possibilit
ies for research and community history.
For more details: https://even
ts.la.psu.edu/event/hist_jane-landers_101923/
LOCATION:121 Borland Building
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