via the Library of Congress:

“Jessica Millward discussed her book, “Finding Charity’s Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland,” where she places enslaved women in Maryland at the center of the long struggle for African American freedom.

 

Speaker Biography: Jessica Millward is an assistant professor in the history department in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Her work focuses on African American history, early America, the African diaspora, slavery and gender.”

VIEW: Finding Charity’s Folk: Public Memory & the Construction of an Enslaved Biography Webcast | Library of Congress