The Dartmouth and Slavery Project: A Family Enslaved

Join us for an evening discussion with the creators of A Family Enslaved, a new and unique graphic novel that tells the story of those enslaved by Eleazar Wheelock, the founder of Dartmouth College. The story is based on primary source documents, which provide what may be the most compressive look into the lives of an 18th-century family enslaved in New England. Come learn about how this comic came to be and more about it’s origins in the Dartmouth and Slavery Project. This program is hybrid: attend in person in the Mayer Room or by Zoom. Register for the Zoom invitation here. A Family Enslaved is a graphic history based on primary sources and created through a collaboration of archivists, scholars, educators, and cartoonists. Produced by the Dartmouth and Slavery Project and the Center for Cartoon Studies' Applied Cartooning Lab, the book draws on archival research to explore the myth of a free North, and tell they story of a family whose lives were shaped by slavery and its enduring legacy. Deborah K. King is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Dartmouth College. A sociologist, her primary interests are in U. S. law and social institutions as impediments to and instruments for social equality, with an emphasis on race and gender. Hazel-Dawn Dumpert is a freelance writer and editor living in New Hampshire. Previous to editing the Dartmouth & Slavery Project, she was the project manager and editor of the Occom Circle, and editor of the Jamaican Slave Names Database. Peter Carini is the College Archivist Emeritus of Dartmouth College. During his time at Dartmouth, he had the opportunity to closely examine many of the lesser known aspects of the institution's history and bring them to light in the classroom, via a podcast, and through pieces written for the Rauner Library blog.