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From Plantations to Petrochemicals
Slavery, Memory and Justice along the Mississippi
For this project, Jason Ludwig, whose research explores racial capitalism and environmental injustice, draws from the extensive research he has conducted into the history of American slavery as it intersects with the Anthropocene. Building on this body of work as part of the Anthropocene River Journey, Ludwig relates it to wider issues of environmental violence in the Mississippi region.
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An oil refinery along the banks of the Mississippi River Photographed by Suthamally Hariharan Subramanian, CC0 1.0
