The Unnamed Fugitive and the Unknown Maroon: Anonymity and the Limits of Repair in Black Atlantic Historical RecoveryIn this paper, I examine the ethics and pedagogical implications of unnaming for the political project of historical recovery, showing how students' interpretive choices when working with archival materials illuminate the ways that deliberate unnaming can enact a shift away from anonymity and erasure and, in turn, a move towards productive engagement with the limits of knowledge and recovery in slavery's archive.
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