Mr Will Comben
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Will is a SWWDTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of History. His project, ‘Enslaved women’s fugitivity in antebellum Louisiana’, explores issues of agency and resistance to slavery, and seeks to make a unique contribution to debates on enslaved gender in the American South. In aid of this project, Will is constructing a database of fugitive advertisements which will represent the most comprehensive profile of enslaved fugitives for Louisiana.