In advance of the Institute, we will ask participants to read Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery, by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, and Jenifer Frank; Chapter 6 of Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory, edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton (2006); and the Pulitzer-nominated five-part newspaper series, “The Unrighteous Traffic: Rhode Island and the Slave Trade,” written by Providence Journal writer Paul Davis. These readings will provide an overview of the topics we will be discussing.
Additional daily readings will include original documentary sources as well as new and classic scholarship that will prepare participants for upcoming lectures, site visits, and pedagogical activities.
This page will be updated in the new year as the presenters make their final selections for readings. But, you can check the daily schedules to get a sense of our topics from day to day.
