# Charmaine Nelson

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EPISODE ONE: SLAVERY 101

Welcome to episode one! Did you know that there was slavery in Canada? If your answer is no, don’t worry. You are in the right place. I speak to experts like Dr. Charmaine Nelson and Natasha Henry to understand this topic and uncover answers about slavery in Canada and what made it unique. Click on…

What slaveholder ads can tell us about resistance, alliances before emancipation

Long before emancipation, there were enslaved people in Nova Scotia, and in other parts of what is now Canada. But there was also resistance. Charmaine Nelson studies this history through the advertisements that slaveholders put in newspapers, when enslaved people ran away. She told host Jeff Dougl…

How slavery has left a lasting impact on Black women's sexuality, fertility and maternity

WARNING: This interview contains details some may find disturbing. Listen with care. Charmaine Nelson, the director of the Slavery North Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is back to talk about how women's sexuality, fertility and maternity were treated under slavery, and the l…

The Rundown: February 2, 2024

In this Friday’s edition of The Rundown, a police search for a book in a middle school classroom sparks questions and concerns about censorship and government overreach, western Mass. museums pull objects from display after new federal rules require tribal consent. And we’ll explore the reason why …

Recognizing Edward Mitchell Bannister on this side of the border

An exhibit featuring the work of artist Edward Mitchell Bannister, who was born in Saint Andrews, has opened in Sackville. While well known in the United States, this marks the first major exhibition of Bannister’s work ever presented in Canada. Professor Charmaine Nelson describes the significance…

May 1, 2025: A multitude of intersections

We’re looking at the center of a couple of venn diagrams and the overlapping circles that bring those centers together.  For instance, the artistic circles often overlap through the fantastic venues we have in the area. At the Shea theater, Nero Orchestra will conclude its season tomorrow night, an…

EP #313: Charmaine Nelson of The Nelson’s Agency

Send us Fan Mail When was the last time you really understood your insurance options? Not the glossy brochure version, but the actual living, breathing benefits that could make a difference in your life today—not just after you're gone?Charmaine Nelson of The Nelson's Agency shatters common insuran…

Historian reacts to the Trump administration's calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums

Charmaine Nelson is a provost professor of art history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she runs the Slavery North Initiative. She explains the harm changing the narrative of history can cause and what the Trump's administrations push to do this signals to her.

February 24, 2026: Daily Grind

In Easthampton, we head to Eastworks where at 50 Arrow Gallery a new exhibit shows the not so hidden lives of a people often relegated to afterthought. A Time, A Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern looks at the black communities of New Brunswick, and shows through photos a glimpse of their da…