Anna Mae Duane

Anna Mae Duane’s work explores the intersections of childhood studies, disability studies and slavery studies. She is particularly interested in how metaphors can shape the questions we ask about the past and what possibilities we can imagine about future freedom and justice. Her most recent book, Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys who Grew Up to Change a Nation, chronicles the lives of two enslaved school children who went on to change the scientific and political consensus of their time.