Welcome to the Stolen Relations Explore page!

Two quick words of caution:

  1. Archival documents often contain terms, phrases, and biases that reduce, minimize, or alter Native identities and views of the world.
  2. This project is not “complete” — numbers shown represent only what has been entered into this database, not the total number of Natives who were enslaved or unfree in any given area.

Greetings from Research Assistants

Greetings from Research Assistants

Linford Fisher

The Stolen Relations project is grateful for the large number of research assistants that have lent a hand to this project over the years! They have come from as far away as India and the UK and have included high school students, undergrads, master’s students, and PhD candidates.

In anticipation of our public launch in May 2025, we asked some RAs to record a short video as a way of recognizing them and their valuable work. Not everyone was able to submit a video, but we compiled a short presentation of their greetings. Although the intent was to play it at the launch symposium, in the end it did not work out due to time constraints, sadly! But we are glad to post it here, along with a huge thanks for all past, present, and future research assistants and other volunteers!

Click the image below to view the video.