Kinfolkology

a digital archive, collaborative database collective and living memorial honoring enslaved ancestors. co-founders: Eola Lewis Dance and @drjkwilliams.

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

We’ll share more about #kinfolkologyxcomnunityrva soon, but for now we just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in Richmond today, and everyone who helped make this gathering possible!

Photo by @cachejackson ✨

[TheRealFamilytreegirl @TFamilytreegirl]

If you missed IAAM's discussion with Joshua Rothman regarding his book "Ledger and the Chain", here is the link: https://t.co/ieVl72Wihd
@iaamuseum @IAAMCFH @seeking_uva @blackprogen @AAHGS @slavetrade @kinfolkology @locatelegacies

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

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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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

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

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

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

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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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

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Happening at 1 pm EST today! @IAAMCFH @drjkwilliams

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@seeking_uva @descendantsuva please share with anyone you think might be interested in joining us!

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

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.

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Thank you @HamiltonGlass for permission to reproduce this image of your stunning mural!

[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

[JSAAHC @JSAAHC]

We up.

Nic(o) Brierre Aziz: Haïti Across the Water.

The work is powerful and provoking.

Come through.

On view through August 31.

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Our May 5 event in Richmond has been postponed to a date later this summer. We will share the new date shortly and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this change may have caused.

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Kinfolkology x Community: Richmond, VA is a conversation and workshop about data stewardship, genealogy, ancestral memory, and reparations. Join us on May 5th! https://t.co/XTpfaWizC4

[remains // an archive @remainsarchive]

Congratulations to @remainsarchive co-lead, Jessica Newby, on being awarded the ACLS Dissertation Fellowship! 🌊

https://t.co/6IP1HSy17W

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

Registration is live for our May 5 event in #RVA! https://t.co/XTpfaWizC4

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Watch the “Who Owns Black Data” livestream to learn more about Kinfolkology and the other amazing projects within the Black Beyond Data ecosystem 🌊 https://t.co/Ac7ZW7Tygd

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Meet the team! 🌊

[Kinfolkology @kinfolkology]

TODAY: Please join our co-founder @drjkwilliams for a discussion about historical data and genealogical research at 1:15pm (cst). We will be convening here https://t.co/EmTWi8QS37