Slavery North invites you to a series of eight dynamic talks by our fellows. Our interdisciplinary cohort of scholars and artists have each pursued their own independent research on Transatlantic Slavery in Canada or the U.S. North during their fellowships at Slavery North. This series brings fresh perspectives in the field of Transatlantic Slavery Studies and shares recently uncovered archival finds.
Tim Hastings
Slavery, Community, and the Law in Colonial New Hampshire
Date/Time: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EST)
Location: Room 601, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/94788067012
Meeting ID: 947 8806 7012
Olivia Haynes
Called to Care: Black Women in Epidemic Philadelphia
Date/Time: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 301, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/93902049760
Meeting ID: 939 0204 9760
Sherry Johnson
Black Geographies, Text, and the Troubling of Canadian National Narratives of a Promised Land
Date/Time: Thursday, March 26, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 601, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/94439094924
Meeting ID: 944 3909 4924
María Sparrow
Another North
Date/Time: Thursday, April 2, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 601, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/94697002310
Meeting ID: 946 9700 2310
Abi Mbaye
Slavery and the Making of New York: A Historical Timeline
Date/Time: Thursday, April 9, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 601, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/94720824692
Meeting ID: 947 2082 4692
Jamie McGhee
The Hunted and the Hanged: Racial Paranoia and the “Great Negro Plot” of 1741
Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 301, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/91818595959
Meeting ID: 918 1859 5959
Zadi Zokou
Captain Paul Cuffe: Achieving Entrepreneurial Success as a Person of Color in the Era of Slavery
Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 601, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/93659599564
Meeting ID: 936 5959 9564
Johnny Floyd
Leviathan!; or, Charting the White Whale:
Reimagining Moby-Dick through Maritime Histories of Northern Slavery.
Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM (EDT)
Location: Room 301, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
Online via Zoom:
https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/92766927065
Meeting ID: 927 6692 7065
