University of Illinois English professor Christopher Freeburg (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

University of Illinois English professor Christopher Freeburg

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University of Illinois English professor Christopher Freeburg is the author of "Counterlife: Slavery After Resistance and Social Death." In the book, Freeburg states that scholars should look at the lives and creativity of slaves more broadly than whether their actions led to freedom.

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