# Event Details - **Event Name**: FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 07 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 am – Mon, 07 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Freedom Narratives: Mapping Histories and Tracing LivesAbout this Event________________________How do we restore the humanity behind the numbers of the slave trade? What does it mean to write history from the perspective of those born free, rather than those defined by their enslavement? How can digital tools help us trace the movement, resilience, and testimony of African individuals across centuries and continents?This launch event serves as the official re-launch of Freedom Narratives, a digital humanities project that reframes our understanding of the trans-Atlantic slave trade by centering the biographies of people born in Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries. Moving beyond traditional ‘slave narratives’, the project curates a growing online repository of testimonies, legal records, and biographical data capturing where individuals came from, why they were enslaved, and what became of them. In this new phase of the project, we are demonstrating not only how our large dataset allows us to trace the movement of individuals, but also how to record life narratives, map life trajectories across the Atlantic Ocean, and show personal connections between different groups of people. In many cases, these are stories of people born free who later reclaimed their freedom, or who never experienced enslavement at all. By treating narratives as fundamental units of analysis, Freedom Narratives challenges us to see the past through individual lives, not aggregate suffering.During this symposium, we invite specialists to discuss various forms of gathering life narratives to show the diversity of experiences and methodologies.The event is generously supported by the Medicine and the Making of Race project at King’s College London, directed by Hannah Murphy.****************Where: Anatomy Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LSWhen: Monday 7 September 2026, 9:30AM-6PMHosted and organised by Freedom Narratives and .****************This is a hybrid event. Please register by selecting either an in-person or online ticket when reserving your spot. More details regarding speakers and schedule will be announced soon.--------------------------------------------------------------------Panels & Presentations--------------------------------------------------------------------Panel 1 – Writing NarrativesMariana Candido (Emory University), “Women, Girls, and the Precarity of Freedom in West Central Africa”Chloe Ireton (University College London), TBAMaeve Ryan (King's College London), TBAPanel 2 – Bodies as StorytellingLamin Manneh (Cambridge University), "The Counterfoil: Tin Tickets and the accounting of Liberated African Disposal"Hannah Murphy (King's College London), TBARawan Mohamed (King's College London), “Consider the Lillies of the Field: Gender, the Enslaved Body, and Recovering Life Narratives in Nineteenth-Century Sudan”Leidy Alpízar (Universidad de Costa Rica), “Reading Bodies, Reading Lives: Yoruba Women in Church Missionary Society Periodicals, 1840–1880”Panel 3 – Mapping Lives: Locations and DisplacementHenry Lovejoy (University of Colorado Boulder), “The Uncertain Geography of War, Slavery, and Migration in Nineteenth-Century West Africa, 1800-1865”Suzanne Schwarz (University of Worcester), "From Fiction to First-Hand Testimony: Assessing the Reliability of Biographical Records of West Africans in the Era of the Slave Trade"Malina Yallanki (University of Worcester), "Tracing Identities Through Names: Muslim 'Liberated Africans' in Nineteenth-Century Freetown"Lucrezia Canzutti (King's College London), TBAAgenda🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AMWelcome and Registration🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AMFreedom Narratives website launch🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PMPanel 1: Fragmented Archives, Writing Narratives🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:15 PMLunch Break🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:45 PMPanel 2: Life Narratives on the Body🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:00 PMCoffee break🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PMPanel 3: Mapping Narratives, Location and Displacement🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:00 PMClosing Remarks🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PMReception - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/freedomnarrativesorg-launch-event/100001990977808220 - **Event Categories**: sports - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes - Location: Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Strand Campus) King's College London - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Strand Campus) King's College London - **lat**: 51.5120602 - **long**: -0.1168058 - **full address**: Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Strand Campus) King's College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/9657e1a01113b89d735723b0b17ac25e7797bdadfa87ae8c3e017a57b7508061-rimg-w1200-h600-dc010000-gmir.jpg?v=1782913144 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event being held? - **A:** FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event takes place on Mon, 07 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 am to Mon, 07 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Strand Campus) King's College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event? - **A:** FreedomNarratives.org | Launch Event is organized by Walk With Web. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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