Freedom Seekers in Georgetown: D.C. Emancipation Day 2023 Transcription Event

Join The Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies for lunch and an interactive event to transcribe archival runaway slave advertisements from the Georgetown neighborhood, collected from 18th and 19th-century newspapers. This process of archival transcription is foundational for research to better understand the lives of enslaved people and the world they lived in.

Participants may join in-person for lunch and to transcribe along with fellow colleagues. Please bring a laptop, if possible. We will have a small number of laptops available for use.

Detailed Schedule

11:30am – Lunch will be available for participants prior to the transcription time

12:00-1:00pm – Transcription time

**Please RSVP by using the link to the left.**

Public Health Measures and Visitor Registration

In order to comply with Event and Visitor Requirements, if you are not a current Georgetown University student, faculty, or staff member, please fill out this form with your COVID-19 vaccination information and complete the symptom check you receive via email the morning of the event.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be sent to slavery@georgetown.edu by 4/13. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.