One of the great advantages of a Digital Humanities project is the ability to revise pages and to accumulate more information. Pages will gain additional information as new factoids are gathered. Most of the material will be in place by the middle of 2025, but bibliographies, time lines, and additional narratives will still be updated into the indefinite future.
Project Contributors:
Team Leads
- Jennifer Rycenga, Professor Emerita, Humanities Department, San José State University
- Nick Szydlowski, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San José State University
- Elizabeth Carr, Doctoral Candidate, History Department, University of Rochester
Other Contributors
- Tim Carroll, independent scholar, transcription
- Diana Coe, illustrator, original art work
Jennifer Rycenga at Charles and Gertrude Burleigh Gravesite
Jennifer Rycenga, Burleigh team member, on her first visit to the gravesite for Charles and Gertrude Kimber Burleigh, June 2015
Statemement on Harmful Content
These pages contain primary materials that sometimes use harmful words and descriptions. These may include harmful representations of individuals or communities, and may be triggering. However, we are using such items with care, and with the belief that doing so helps to illuminate the past accurately. The Burleighs and their Abolitionist contemporaries were admirable warriors for justice, but were not immune to the language and assumptions of their era. Your feedback is welcome.
