Jennie K. Williams

PhD. Historian @ UVA. Co-Founder of @Kinfolkology. Author of @oceansofkinfolk.

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@agordonreed I needed this tweet today, and I’m here to thank you for it. 😂

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

⁦⁦@slavevoyages⁩

Open Letter to the Slave Voyages Project — JKW
https://t.co/YDw2yB7f8G

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

We are sharing previews of conversations we look forward to having @ #KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA.

Here is the 1st: a conversation about data stewardship/consent inspired by the efforts of a formerly enslaved woman named Celia Gaines to find her family. https://t.co/MOuWOK94AJ

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Most people trafficked in the antebellum interregional trade came from families that had been enslaved in the Upper South for generations: American ancestries that predated the nation itself. [This is preview 4/5 of #KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA.] https://t.co/PKbSH2XVCw

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After the Civil War, thousands of African Americans left where they had been enslaved behind and founded new “freedom colonies.” Others made a different decision: to stay and fight for freedom where they were. [Preview 5/6 of #KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA.] https://t.co/qXeKM7uCTR

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As a little girl, Delia Garlic was separated from her family & sold. Decades later—long after the Civil War—a strange white woman showed up at her door in Montgomery asking a host of dumb questions.

[This is preview 2/6 of #KinfolkologyxCommunityRVA.] https://t.co/KYHJ1qWqE5

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In 1825, Burwell Lee was found guilty of burglary in Caroline County, VA. His sentence? Being sold as a “slave” to a professional human trafficker.

Reparations are owed. Let’s talk about it.

[This is preview 3/6 of # KinfolkologyxComnunityRVA.] https://t.co/lpc7ybPNy1

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@mtgillikin Nah, imma say Bodo’s. Sorry.

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Happening at 1 pm EST today! @IAAMCFH @drjkwilliams

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Registration is open for our 9/22/24 Kinfolkology x Community workshop in #RVA! Register through the link at our website https://t.co/BpS4mt0UmG.

[IAAM CFH @IAAMCFH]

We can't wait to talk about @kinfolkology's work and invaluable archive.

You can catch the live stream - and join the convo - at https://t.co/UOMvNdB9vQ

#chattelslavery #transatlanticslavetrade #blackgenealogy #blackancestry

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

Welcome to the bird app, Darron!!

[Darron E. Patterson @KupolleesKin]

Helllllooo! Is this thing on???

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

I think I read something somewhere comparing the archive to water to make a point about objectivity. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I’m hoping to cite it. It is also possible that I’m the source of this metaphor and am thus worried about plagiarizing…myself.

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

I had the privilege of listening to this conversation in person, but I just watched the whole thing again here. So much wisdom and so much to think about. Thank you again to everyone who made this happen.

Keynote Conversation for Who Owns Black Data? https://t.co/5IAI0yhxvd

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@JosephTheyThem Welcome home! Also that dress is so cute and it looks great on you!

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@Christy_SpaceHW Are you ever NOT looking fabulous?! BTW I had this same question when you showed up at the FOTM symposium looking glamorous AF and then you said you had just driven OVERNIGHT to get there. I was so confused but filled with admiration. 🤩

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@FictionsofHaiti Congratulations!!

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@SASHA_REVLON @Cory_Henry That “A Change is Gonna Come” wrecked me. Still recovering actually.

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@Christy_SpaceHW Hummingbirds are my favorite to spot. My grandmother loved them and now they remind me of her. Small but mighty indeed.

[Jennie K. Williams @drjkwilliams]

@CulturedModesty You do such a service posting all these job things… thank you!!