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F20 Black Atlantic: Resources, Pedagogy, and Scholarship on the 18th Century Black AtlanticMain MenuAuthor IndexFAQWeek 01: August 28: PedagogiesWeek 02: Friday, September 4: Thinking about Projects and Digital MethodsWeek 03: Friday, September 11: Black Atlantic Classics Week 04: Reccomended: Thursday September 17: 4pm: Indigenous Studies and British LiteraturesThe Center for Literary + Comparative Studies @UMDWeek 04: Required: Friday, September 18: Reading: Indigenous Studies in the Eighteenth CenturyWeek 04: Required: Friday, September 18: Book LaunchRemaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American CitizenshipWeek 05: Friday, September 25: Digital Humanities, Caribbean Stuides, and FashionGuest: Siobhan MeiWeek 06: Friday, October 2: OBIWeek 07: October 9: Black LondonSancho's Social NetworksWeek 08: Friday, October 16:Muslim Slave Narratives, Hans Sloane, the British Museum, Colonialism as CurationWeek 09: Friday, October 23: Reflection and Tools DayWeek 10: Friday, October 30: Myths of a White Atlantic (and Project Proposal)Week 11: Friday, November 6: Black New EnglandWeek 12: Friday, November 13: Woman of Colour and Mary PrinceWeek 13: Friday, November 20: Peer Review Workshop and Draft with Action PlanKierra M. Porter6b7d2e75a0006cdf2df0ac2471be73ef9c88c9e3Brandice Walker579eedcc76564f61b1ba7f36082d05bdf4fc3435Alexis Harper52f175308474d58b269191120b6cda0582dcde71Catherine C. Saunders80964fcb3df3a95f164eca6637e796a22deb5f63Joseph Heidenescher83b7b4309ef73ce872fc35c61eb8ed716cce705fJoshua Lawson8aecdcf9d2db74d75fb55413d44f3c2dfc3828bdKymberli M Corprue7f6419242e66e656367985fbc1cfa10a933ce71dJimisha Relerford1903b0530d962a83c3a72bad80c867df4f5c027fEmily MN Kugler98290aa17be4166538e04751b7eb57a9fe5c26a2Reed Caswell Aikendbd321f67398d85b0079cc751762466dfe764f88Brenton Brock619582e4449ba6f0c631f2ebb7d7313c0890fa00
Reimagining The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, and A Woman of Color—A Tale texts through an Interactive Map Tool.
12020-11-13T07:40:43-08:00Kierra M. Porter6b7d2e75a0006cdf2df0ac2471be73ef9c88c9e3377911Kierra Porterplain2020-11-13T07:40:44-08:00Kierra M. Porter6b7d2e75a0006cdf2df0ac2471be73ef9c88c9e3 The History of Mary Prince and A Woman of Colour are black Atlantic texts, representing the conventional and unconventional experiences of women of color. They are different in how A Woman of Colour is about a free black heiress while the latter concerns an enslaved West Indian woman who relates the abuse and physical toil of her enslavement. However, both texts demonstrate movement as both texts record travel by force or by choice. From The History of Mary Prince, the reader sees Prince's tale begins in Brackish Point, Bermuda; her Bermudian slave owners sell her to other slave owners in Spanish Point, Bermuda; slave owners sell her off to Turks Island, where she works in the salt ponds. Prince eventually reaches London, where she attempts to gain her freedom. A Woman of Colour—A Tale is similar to the previous text in which the protagonist travels from Jamaica to London.
To show the connection between place and cultural norms, I propose to curate an interactive map as an open-access resource to complement the readings. I will use the Google mapping tool in which the technology allows the user to scan specific placements within the map as they read the text.
There will be an index of entries that chronologically specify moments in the texts.
For key moments, I will analyze the meaning of the text through the geographical standpoints of the Caribbean and Europe.
I want to explore the relationships between these two different environments that appear to connect through colonialism.
For instance, the user will be able to trace Olivia’s voyage to London; the user would see pinpoints in the Caribbean ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. This moment is significant as Olivia is a free woman of colour on a ship traveling by free-will; this in contrast to Prince, who travels with her slave owners by force.
There will be two different maps and indexes for each text; the different maps will be easily visible.
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