The 8th national Slave Dwelling Project Conference will take place October 3-5 in Philadelphia, PA in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies. This year’s theme,The Illusion of Freedom: Slavery in the Northern States seeks to explore American chattel slavery that was present in northern states prior to, and after the American Revolution

Major funding for the conference has been generously provided by the 1772 Foundation. We are also pleased to have the University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies as a partner and sponsor.