A New Project Uses Isotopes to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of the Enslaved

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1. Wow, this is fantastic - thanks

I visit Charleston and environs every year or two, and I look forward to learning more about this before my next trip. What an important project, helping us all gain a better understanding of The Ancestors.

I see in my map application that the Anson Burial Ground site is at the corner of Anson and George Streets, at the southwestern corner of the Gaillard Center (a beautiful performing arts center and the site of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign debate). It’s also one block from Calhoun St., named for the notorious white supremacist politician John C. Calhoun, whose statue was finally removed from Marion Square in June 2020. And it’s a four-minute walk away from Mother Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun St., a site whose significance every DUer surely recognizes. (When justice finally prevails, Calhoun Street will be renamed to Emanuel 9 Way.)

More about the U.C. Santa Cruz PEMA Lab team’s work here:
https://www.pema-lab.com/#enslaved-life-histories