Sites of Enslavement: A Roundtable Discussion on Slavery and the Making of New Orleans

This event will bring academic and public historians together to discuss the central role of slavery in the development of New Orleans’ economy and culture, from its infrastructure and legal structures, to its educational systems and health landscape.  The event is sponsored by the Tulane University History Project and is designed to provide greater context for the project, which includes a charge to research and examine the university’s history and ties to enslavement. 

A reception will follow the roundtable discussion. 

Event Moderator:

Marcia Walker-McWilliams, Executive Director, Tulane University History Project

Event Speakers:

Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department, Tulane University

Freddi Williams Evans, Author and Independent Scholar  

Erin M. Greenwald, The Working Historian, LLC

Kevin T. Harrell, Collections Cataloguer, The Historic New Orleans Collection

Rashauna Johnson, Associate Professor of US History and the College, University of Chicago

Maria R. Montalvo, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Emory University