We are a multidisciplinary research project dedicated to preserving, digitizing, transcribing, translating, and analyzing manuscripts from three Louisiana slave conspiracies. We are building a digital archive that will present these French and Spanish manuscripts alongside original transcription and English translation. The centerpiece of the archive will be the testimonies taken from slaves and their allies in the conspiracy. Previously these testimonies, which run to several hundred pages, have only been available to scholars who have been able to travel to the Clerk of Court’s office in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. An interactive website is being developed to provide access to these materials by scholars and interested public alike. The site will also feature interactive historical maps that will provide location-based access to the collection but will also help explore essential but still unresolved questions about the organization of social relations and the circulation of ideas in these conspiracies.
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