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Freedom on the Move
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Freedom on the Move is a collective digital history project based at Cornell but partnering with multiple institutions, including HBCUs. We are constructing a free and open archive of all extant North American runaway slave ads.
Our project might have lostNEH funding, but we still went out with a bang thanks to funding from the Mellon Foundation, celebrating our Cornell Freedom on the Move Data Fellows!
Can't stop, won't stop!
August 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We are continuing our important work! Shout out to Megan for this excellent post on instagram!
July 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"The Trump Administration’s dismantling of NEH is unlawful many times over.
Most fundamentally, the Constitution grants Congress—not the President—the power to create
and prescribe the duties of Federal agencies, and Congress maintains the exclusive power
May 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
WE REMEMBER.
AND THOSE OF US WHO TRAINED TO LEARN AND ARE NOW TASKED WITH TELLING THE HISTORY, WILL NOT FORGET.
May 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Freedom on the Move #podcast episode- The Underground Railroad in Lewes Delaware:
freedomonthemovepod.org/blog/f/the-u...
February 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Freedom on the Move is back! Hello BluSky!
We have an announcement: We are recruiting for our final cohort of Data Fellows.
The ad will soon be posted to HNet.
Stay tuned.
#predoctoral #summerfellowships #oncampus
#History #enslavement
January 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM