Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Meet Jennifer L. Morgan, a historian and 2024 #MacFellow uncovering the unique experiences of enslaved African women, showing how exploitation of their reproductive potential was central to the institutionalization of race-based slavery in early America.

Jennifer’s work sheds light on the economic and ideological foundations of slavery and recovers the agency and humanity of enslaved women.

Learn more about Jennifer:
macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2024/jennifer-l-morgan