Episode 11: "UNC G's People Not Property in North Carolina" with Dr. Claire Heckel and Richard Cox

Dr. Claire Heckel, Project Coordinator and Richard Cox, Digital Technology Consultant, UNC-G are working together on the People Not Property Project.
The People Not Property project is a collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds among others. Working as an addition to and evolution of the Digital Library on American Slavery, the project is leading towards a unique, centralized database of bills of sales indexing the names of enslaved people from across North Carolina.
When complete, People Not Property - Slave Deeds of North Carolina will include robust metadata, high resolution images, and full-text searchable transcripts. We hope to open the project to states beyond North Carolina, creating a central location for accessing and researching slave deeds from across the Southern United States. The Slave Deeds of Guilford County Community Interview Series
Released: May 1, 2020
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Interview Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:02 Collaborative Interests Lead to Community Effort
3:10 Mission of the People Not Property- Slave Deeds of North Carolina
4:07 Communities as Knowledge Producers for History
4:36 Finding Formal and Informal Partners
7:36 Where to find People Not Property Online?
8:37 What is the Digital Library of American Slavery?
11:40 Recovering People through Local Public Records
12:49 Uncovering This History for Sake of Our Identity
17:52 Communities in Dialogue
18:35 Touching History
21:47 Community collaborations in Eastern North Carolina
23:42 Challenging Our Assumptions in these Stories
25:12 The mentality of slave ownership
25:56 The Court System
28:05 Underground Railroad to Today
29:24 The Pesonal Impact of Historical Research on Slavery
31:05 Community Involvement and Access
33:44 How to have engaging conversations when people push back?
34:43 The Troubling and Healing Nature of This History
36:18 How to get involved?
37:03 Credits
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Music:
Blood and Bones - Our Native Daughters