Cornell University

Grant to support the development of a database comprised of "runaway ads" with improved, high quality metadata thus documenting previously unavailable information about the lives and efforts of enslaved individuals to secure their freedom in the antebellum United States

Location
Ithaca, New York, United States
Amount
$1,033,000
Date of award
December 8, 2022
Length
42 months
Grantmaking area
Higher Learning
Guiding strategy
Accurate narratives

Related grantmaking

Learn more about the strategies that guide Mellon's grantmaking.

See strategies