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Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Seven volumes will be in print by the beginning of the proposed grant period; the eighth will be completed during the first year of the proposed grant; and the final volume will be the work of years 2 and 3 of the grant period. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom. The project's website provides both documents and interpretive material.

Project fields:
African American History; U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$350,000 (approved)
$350,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2021 – 6/30/2023

Research, writing, and development of a digital monograph on the design, construction, and changing meaning of contemporary monuments to the history of slavery.

My digital publication investigates how we visualize, interpret, and engage the slave past through contemporary monuments created for public spaces. In the past twenty-five years, there has been an upsurge in the building of three-dimensional monuments that commemorate the Middle Passage and slavery, the resistance to enslavement, the Underground Railroad, the participation of black soldiers in the Civil War, and emancipation and freedom. From Mississippi to Illinois to Rhode Island, governments (local, county, state), colleges and universities, individuals, communities, and artists are in difficult conversations about how to acknowledge the history and legacy of the slave past and its visual representation for their towns, cities, states, and higher educational institutions. These monuments and conversations are the subject of Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past: Race, Memorialization, Public Space, and Civic Engagement.

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Project fields:
African American History; Art History and Criticism; U.S. History

Program:
Fellowships

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$50,400 (approved)
$50,400 (awarded)

Grant period:
1/1/2018 – 12/31/2018

Completion of editorial work on volume 8 and start of work on volume 9 of the nine-volume series, Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (36 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Seven volumes will be in print by the beginning of the proposed grant period, and work on the eighth will be nearing completion. Each volume of Freedom is between 800 and 1,100 pages, twice the size of the volumes in most editions. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as article-length collections of documents. The project's website provides both documents and interpretive material.

Project fields:
African American History; U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$325,000 (approved)
$325,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2019 – 6/30/2022

Editorial work on Volume 8, on family and kinship, for the nine-volume series, Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. See website at http://www.freedmen.umd.edu/. 

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Six volumes are in print; the manuscript for the seventh will go to the press in late 2016; and work on the eighth will be well advanced by the beginning of the proposed grant period. Each volume of Freedom is between 800 and 1,100 pages, twice the size of the volumes in most editions. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as article-length collections of documents. The project's web site provides both documents and interpretive material; it has been cited as one of the best sites for humanities education.

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Project fields:
African American History; U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$300,000 (approved)
$300,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2017 – 6/30/2020

Preparation for publication of Volume 7, Law and Justice, and editorial work on Volume 8, on family and kinship, for the anticipated nine-volume series, Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Six of the nine volumes have been published, and the seventh will be submitted to the press at the beginning of the proposed grant period. Each volume of FREEDOM is between 800 and 1,100 pages long, twice the size of the volumes in most editions. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as several article-length collections of documents. The project's web site provides both documents (transcribed and annotated) and other interpretive material; it has been designated one of the best sites for humanities education.

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Project fields:
African American History; U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$261,000 (approved)
$261,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2015 – 12/31/2017

The preparation for publication of one volume of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Six volumes have been completed, and preliminary selection of documents for the seventh will be complete by the beginning of the proposed grant period. Each volume of Freedom is between 800 and 1,100 pages long, twice the size of the volumes in most editions. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as several article-length collections of documents. The project's web site provides both documents and interpretive material; it has been designated one of the best sites for humanities education.

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Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$225,000 (approved)
$225,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2013 – 6/30/2016

From Emancipation to Exclusion charts the complex intellectual legacies of slavery in the era of emancipation, when the ideals of freedom and free labor began to coalesce into a political worldview. It explores how legislators, writers, and reformers drew on the anachronistic specter of slavery in the figure of the Asiatic "coolie" to contest and configure the legal disenfranchisement of Chinese labor migrants. While some black and Asian writers protested Chinese Exclusion as an outgrowth of slavery's racial proscriptions, pro-exclusion agitators defended it as an antislavery measure in a democratic country committed to freedom. This book illuminates how these contests over post-war citizenship and national belonging led to the ratification of America's first race-specific immigration law. It adds to the growing scholarship in comparative race studies and broadens our understanding of racial slavery as historical experience, idea, and metaphor in American literary and cultural studies.

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Project fields:
American Literature

Program:
Fellowships for University Teachers

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$50,400 (approved)
$50,400 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2011

Preparation of two volumes of the documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South: Land and Labor, 1866-67 and Law and Justice. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing FREEDOM: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMANCIPATION, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment when four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Five of the nine volumes are in print; each is between 800 and 1,100 pages long, considerably larger than the volumes in most editions. Editorial work on the sixth volume is nearing completion, and preliminary selection of documents for the seventh is well advanced. The editors have also prepared four shorter volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as several article-length collections of documents. The project's web site provides both documents and interpretive material; it has been designated one of the best sites for humanities education.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$225,000 (approved)
$225,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2010 – 6/30/2013

Preparation of volumes 6 and 7 of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the American South, spanning the period of 1861-1867.

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing FREEDOM: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMANCIPATION, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment when four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Five of the nine volumes are in print; each is between 800 and 1,073 pages in length, considerably larger than the volumes in most editions. Editorial work on the sixth volume is well advanced, and preliminary selection of documents for the seventh has begun. In addition, the editors have prepared four shorter volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom, as well as eleven article-length collections of documents. The project's web site also provides both documents and interpretive material; it has been designated one of the best sites for humanities education.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$126,226 (approved)
$126,226 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2009 – 6/30/2011

The continuing preparation of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the American South, 1861-1867. (36 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing FREEDOM: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMANCIPATION, 1861-1867, a multi-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition is a social history of emancipation in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Five of the nine volumes of FREEDOM are complete (each 800-1,000 pages), and editorial work on the sixth is well advanced. In addition, the editors have published four volumes and eleven article-length documentary compilations for general audiences and use in the classroom, and the project's web site provides documents and interpretive material for students, teachers, and the general public. The present proposal is to complete and publish LAND AND LABOR, 1866-1867 (series 3, volume 2 of FREEDOM).

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$170,000 (approved)
$170,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2007 – 6/30/2010

The completion of series 3, volume 2, Land and Labor, 1866-1867, and initial preparation for series 4, volume 1, Violence, Law, and Justice. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a multi-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. Five of a projected nine volumes (each 800-1,000 pages in length) are complete, and a sixth is underway. In addition, the editors have prepared several publications for general audiences and for use in the classroom; these include a 570-page abridgment of the first four volumes of Freedom, a collection of essays drawn from the same volumes, a documentary volume on African-American family life, a volume on the black military experience during the Civil War, and eleven article-length collections of documents. The project's web site, which went online in 1997, has been designated one of the best sites for education in the humanities.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Scholarly Editions and Translations

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$190,000 (approved)
$170,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/2003 – 6/30/2006

The continuing preparation of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the American South, 1861-1867.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Collaborative Research

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$118,000 (approved)
$100,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/1999 – 6/30/2001

To support the continuing preparation of a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the American south, 1861-67.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Collaborative Research

Division:
Research Programs

Totals:
$118,000 (approved)
$118,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
7/1/1997 – 6/30/1999

To support the preparation of a documentary history of the emancipation of American slaves during the Civil War era.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$240,000 (approved)
$186,632 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1994 – 12/31/1997

To support the Freedman and Southern Society project which is preparing a documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the South during the Civil War era.

Project fields:
U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$162,500 (approved)
$129,450 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1992 – 9/30/1994

To support the preparation of a multivolume edition of selected documents from the National Archives that illustrate the transformation of the lives of black people in the wake of emancipation, 1861-67.

Project fields:
African American Studies; U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$155,000 (approved)
$95,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1990 – 9/30/1992

To support a seven-volume edition of selected documents from the National Archives that illustrate the transformation of the lives of black people in thewake of emancipation, 186l-67.

Project fields:
African American Studies; U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$145,000 (approved)
$124,996 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1988 – 9/30/1990

To support a multivolume edition of selected documents from the National Archives illustrating the transformation of the lives of black people in the wake of emancipation, 1861-1867.

Project fields:
African American Studies; U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$137,500 (approved)
$97,102 (awarded)

Grant period:
10/1/1986 – 10/31/1988

To support the preparation of a six-volume edition of documents, predominantly from the Freedmen's Bureau, illustrating the transformation of black life during the emancipation (1861-67).

Project fields:
African American Studies; History, General

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$150,000 (approved)
$150,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
8/1/1984 – 12/31/1986

To support the preparation of a five-volume edition of documents predominantly from the Freedmen's Bureau illustrating the transformation of black life duringthe emancipation (1861-1867).

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Project fields:
African American Studies; U.S. History

Program:
Editions

Division:
Research Programs

Totals (outright + matching):
$144,000 (approved)
$26,250 (awarded)

Grant period:
8/1/1982 – 6/30/1985