Forwarded info from Robert Krueger, email: Robert.Krueger@uni.edu (Tuesday, 18 March 2003) Re: International Group for the Recovery and Dissemination of the Slave Texts of Latin and Caribbean Americas "Slave Texts of Latin America: Toward the Corpus of All the Slave Texts of All the Americas." Workshop at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) congress, Dallas, Texas, Thursday, 27 March. ... The Group seeks to organize the research and publication of the corpus of all the slave texts (narratives, testimony, letters, literature, etc) of all of Latin and Caribbean Americas. The ultimate goal is to conjoin the corpus with that of North America, where the 'slave narrative' and other slave expression are comparably better collected and studied. This interdisciplinary and international group of scholars seeks to make available to all the slave expression of all the Americas and the knowledge related to them. We further hope that these productions, besides giving voice to the supressed of the past, will also help us understand and end human bondage in this century. The Group's next meeting is at the LASA congress, Dallas, Thursday, March 27, 5-7 pm, Press Club, workshop: "Slave Texts of Latin America: Toward the Corpus of All the Slave Texts of All the Americas." The agenda includes: refinement of mission, organization, a home institution, and fundraising. Cordially, Robert Krueger