Join Stenton, the 339 Manumissions Project, and Wynn Eakins on Zoom for a moderated discussion, mapping the intertwined histories of enslavement and mass incarceration in Philadelphia and Quakers' involvement in it. Learn about what these organizations are doing to bring Black history out of the archives, and learn what you can do to help. This program will be offered live on Zoom webinar. A recording will be available following the program on Stenton’s website.
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ABOUT 339 MANUMISSIONS & BEYOND PROJECT:
The 339 Manumission and Beyond Project is a reparative, spirit-led, genealogical search to uncover the lives and family trees of the 339 Africans who were granted their freedom by members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Quakers, once it was decided that Quakers could not be enslavers. Learn more here.
ABOUT THE WYNN EAKINS:
Wynn Eakins (they/them) is a librarian, archivist, and memory worker from Richmond, VA. They earned a BFA in African American Studies at Wesleyan University with a minor in mass incarceration through the Center for Prison Education, and later completed an MLIS with a certificate in Community-Based Librarianship from Drexel University. Prior to their current role as the Community Archivist for the Graterford Archive at Haverford College, Wynn served as a Reference Librarian and African-American History Subject Specialist at the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Deeply influenced by their own family history, Wynn’s work confronts the crises of incarceration and the afterlives of slavery in America, revealing the long-standing impacts of colonial violence. As a founding member of the Memory Workers Guild, Wynn is dedicated to empowering Black, Brown, and Indigenous memory workers with tools to replenish care, joy, and energy as we honor our cultural legacies. Learn More Here.