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Self Emancipated and Enslaved People in Kentucky (SEEK)

The SEEK Project locates, collects, digitizes, and provides metadata for fugitive slave advertisements from Kentucky newspapers through a digital archive. SEEK is affiliated with the national Freedom on the Move project.

SEEK Project Team at the University of Kentucky

Dr. Vanessa Holden

Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies

Director, Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative, University of Kentucky

vanessaholden at uky dot edu

 

Kayla Bush

Research Assistant, History Department, University of Kentucky

demetria dot bush at uky dot edu

 

Reinette Jones

Special Collections Librarian and African American Studies Affiliate

Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries

rjones at uky dot edu

 

Kopana Terry

Oral History Archivist, Historic Newspapers Curator

Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries

kopana dot terry at uky dot edu

 

Jennifer Bartlett

Oral History Librarian, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries

jen dot bartlett at uky dot edu