UTA researcher to digitize history of slaves, other endangered documents in Cuba
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A University of Texas at Arlington historian will scour the oldest seven cities in Cuba to digitize parish registers that detail the lives of millions of African and Afro-Cuban slaves. The research is funded, in part, by a $50,000 grant from the British Library Endangered Archives Programme. David LaFevor, an assistant professor of Latin American history and digital humanities in the College of Liberal Arts , is leading the two-year project. The grant strengthens UTA’s collaboration with British, U.S., Canadian, Brazilian,