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Myeisha Essex and Anthony Wilcox play Mary and Daniel Bell in "The Bell Affair."

New film, 'Bell Affair,' explores freedom suits in America

April 4, 2022

Society & Culture

Cooper in portrait

Scholar to discuss Emory U's focus on slavery reckoning, dispossession

April 4, 2022

A slave carries a drum of burned wood to make charcoal in Brazil. Forests have been decimated in the country to create coal, which is then used for Brazil's steel industry. The forests are cut down and burned with slave labor.

Students hear from modern slavery expert

October 18, 2021

Society & Culture

William G. Thomas

Playwright adapting Thomas' 'A Question of Freedom'

September 24, 2021

Society & Culture

Anna, Bell Affair Team

'Anna' filmmakers begin new doc, 'The Bell Affair'

September 13, 2019

Society & Culture

Ann Williams, an enslaved woman, jumped from a third-story window in an attempt to escape from being sold in the interstate slave trade. Williams' story is being told in the animated short film, 'Anna,' which was produced by a team of scholars from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna’ collects top animation prize at festival

June 22, 2018

Society & Culture

Ann Williams, an enslaved woman, jumped from a third-story window in an attempt to escape from being sold in the interstate slave trade. Williams' story is being told in the animated short film, 'Anna,' which was produced by a team of scholars from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna' selected for film festivals

May 3, 2018

Society & Culture

Website upgrade provides new tools to study history of slavery

September 11, 2015