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The team began working in September 2017. In conducting their research, the team discovered that written records were limited. Slaves were accounted for by numbers and names, but personal testimonies about day-to-day life didn’t exist.“The slaves weren’t really represented in any way,” says Nooranne Mufti (right), “so our job was to embody what that experience was for them.”
Menokin Students
The team began working in September 2017. In conducting their research, the team discovered that written records were limited. Slaves were accounted for by numbers and names, but personal testimonies about day-to-day life didn’t exist.“The slaves weren’t really represented in any way,” says Nooranne Mufti (right), “so our job was to embody what that experience was for them.”