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Abolition and Liberation: An Interchange on Teaching behind the Walls

Abolition and Liberation: An Interchange on Teaching behind the Walls Abolition and Liberation: An Interchange on Teaching behind the Walls e p Th articipants in this interchange were brought together by Stevie Wilson, in the face of considerable logistical challenges. Wilson lives behind prison walls—with standard electronic modes of communication not available or quite circumscribed. In particular, e-mail access was limited. Messages cost money to send and were limited to - two thou sand characters—more than Twitter, to be sure, but not conducive to sch-olarly com munication. E-mail correspondence was also subject to screening from prison authorities and could take days to reach Wilson. Nor could Wilson receive attachments or access the Internet. Despite these obstacles, Wilson recruited the participants and, over the course of 2022, was able to assemble their contributions. He and the JAH editors worked together to for - mulate the questions and issues that structured the dialogue, with Wilson having the final say. The JAH editors worked with all the contributors, but only to pose queries and use standard editorial practices to refine prose. This fascinating and powerfully significant in - terchange is, therefore, primarily a product of the prison workshop, relying most of all on Wilson’s determination and steadfastness. The contributing editors and the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of American History Oxford University Press

Abolition and Liberation: An Interchange on Teaching behind the Walls

The Journal of American History , Volume 109 (4): 22 – Mar 1, 2023

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Oxford University Press
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© The Author 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Organization of American Historians. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
ISSN
0021-8723
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1945-2314
DOI
10.1093/jahist/jaad005
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Abstract

Abolition and Liberation: An Interchange on Teaching behind the Walls e p Th articipants in this interchange were brought together by Stevie Wilson, in the face of considerable logistical challenges. Wilson lives behind prison walls—with standard electronic modes of communication not available or quite circumscribed. In particular, e-mail access was limited. Messages cost money to send and were limited to - two thou sand characters—more than Twitter, to be sure, but not conducive to sch-olarly com munication. E-mail correspondence was also subject to screening from prison authorities and could take days to reach Wilson. Nor could Wilson receive attachments or access the Internet. Despite these obstacles, Wilson recruited the participants and, over the course of 2022, was able to assemble their contributions. He and the JAH editors worked together to for - mulate the questions and issues that structured the dialogue, with Wilson having the final say. The JAH editors worked with all the contributors, but only to pose queries and use standard editorial practices to refine prose. This fascinating and powerfully significant in - terchange is, therefore, primarily a product of the prison workshop, relying most of all on Wilson’s determination and steadfastness. The contributing editors and the

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Published: Mar 1, 2023

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