THE AMERICAN SLAVERY PROJECT

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• Is a theatrical response to revisionism in American discourse about enslavement and its aftermath. 

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• Centers African-American playwrights who write about the eras 

 

• Creates conversation in the community.

 

• Provides educational workshops for students and adults.

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• Makes vital connections between our past and today.

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• Creates original work.

— "Unheard Voices" is a monologue play with music, based on the burials at African Burial Ground, bringing to life anonymous African descended New Yorkers from colonial times.

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— "The Haunted Files" was created from the actual files of the Eugenics Records office.