Laura T. Murphy, “Freedomville: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt”

Discovery & Inspiration

Laura T. Murphy (NHC Fellow, 2017–18), Professor of Human Rights and Contemporary Slavery, Sheffield Hallam University “Freedomville” is the story of a small group of enslaved villagers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, who founded their own town of Azad Nagar—Freedomville—after staging a rebellion against their slaveholders. But Laura T. Murphy, a leading scholar of contemporary global slavery, who spent years researching and teaching about Freedomville, found that whispers and deflections suggested that there was something troubling about Azad Nagar’s success. Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z4BvpfGfNvQ https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fresh-off-the-press-freedomville-story-of-21st-century-slave-revolt/