Freedom Seekers in Georgetown: D.C. Emancipation Day 2023 Transcription Event

In April 2023, in honor of D.C. Emancipation Day 2023, the Center hosted an interactive event for participants to transcribe archival runaway slave advertisements from the Georgetown neighborhood, collected from 18th and 19th-century newspapers. This process of archival transcription is foundational for research to better understand the lives of enslaved people and the world they lived in.