This episode—by Chaney Hill, a Ph.D. Student in English—spotlights many of the business contacts and associates of William Marsh Rice, the founder of Rice University, revealing not only his trade networks but also his participation in the plantation economy reliant on enslaved labor.
The Racial Geography Podcast features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

This episode—by Chaney Hill, a Ph.D. Student in English—spotlights many of the business contacts and associates of William Marsh Rice, the founder of Rice University, revealing not only his trade networks but also his participation in the plantation economy reliant on enslaved labor. The Racial Geography Podcast features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

William Marsh Rice’s Trade Circuit

Through a series of mini-episodes, the Racial Geography Podcast provides an alternative itinerary of the Rice University campus, one that acknowledges its racial landscape and recognizes long-standing activism by Black students and faculty on campus while critically analyzing its land, construction, architecture, and monuments. It features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris.

This is an original podcast series made by the Racial Geography Project, a research collaborative led by Fabiola Lopez-Duran and Adrienne Rooney.

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Through a series of mini-episodes, the Racial Geography Podcast provides an alternative itinerary of the Rice University campus, one that acknowledges its racial landscape and recognizes long-standing activism by Black students and faculty on campus while critically analyzing its land, construction, architecture, and monuments. It features “New Freedom Remix,” an original sound composition and performance by Lisa E. Harris. This is an original podcast series made by the Racial Geography Project, a research collaborative led by Fabiola Lopez-Duran and Adrienne Rooney.

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