Unfree Labor Colloquium Keynote by Dr. Earl Lewis now available

In January 2023, the Center for Southern Studies and the Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South hosted a three day colloquium with some of the leading scholars in unfree labor. Dr. Earl Lewis from the University of Michigan was invited to give a keynote address to open the gathering. A recording of is keynote address, “Our Violent Past: Unfree Labor, Terrorism, and the Search for Repair,” is now available here.