June 18th - Fugitive Data Portraits Virtual Talk

Through narratives, archives, and data learn about the formerly enslaved Black people who escaped from the plantation during the Civil War. Read their names and stories.

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Tev'n Powers
June 13, 2025

Next week I’ll be launching the first installment in the Fugitive Data Portraits series. This first essay titled “Contraband of War” focuses on the history and identities of the Black men, women, and children who escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War. To attend my virtual talk about these freedom fighters, please register at the link below.

Attend Fugitive Data Portraits virtual talk: June 18th 12pm-1pm ET

Virginia Humanities Fellow Talk (Virtual) | Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia

Join us for a virtual presentation from Tev'n Powers, a Virginia Humanities Fellow, on his archival research project “Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia.”...

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Learn more about my work through my interviews with the Library of Virginia and Virginia Humanities.

Interview with the Library of Virginia

Q&A with Virginia Humanities