International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 2025
History Professor and Matrix Director Walter Hawthorne Is a PI on the Enslaved.org project. Here he demonstrates how to use an historical record. Photo credit: Jackie Belden Hawthorne
On August 23rd, we celebrate the “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition,” a UNESCO designated day to memorialize the plight of peoples of African ancestry around the world, to gain their freedom from enslavement.
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Student
Zachary Levy
Zachary Levy is a History department graduate student whose work focuses on the slave trade and enslaved people of eastern Africa.
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Faculty/Staff
Dr. Walter Hawthorne
Dr. Hawthorne is a scholar of the Atlantic World and Director of Enslaved.Org, one of the largest publicly available databases of people involved in various aspects of the global slave trade.
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Alumni
Dr. Pero Dagbovie
This month, we “spotlight” Dr. Pero Dagbovie, University Distinguished Professor of African American History, administrator, and a recent author of a book exploring the long durée of African American experiences at MSU.