Either Abe is more dapper than I thought or my student is using AI

In Angola, Pope Faces the Legacy of Colonialism

The Pope is visiting Angola, where 45% of all slave ships departed Africa during the era of the slave trade.

Most of the last voyages in the history of the slave trade - 1850s and 1860s - began in U.S. ports and sailed to Angola for captives.

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Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.

What are humanities and social sciences research good for? Consider Enslaved.org: putting names to as many of the people trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade as possible. Insisting on the dignity of every human being. #Talkabouthumanities #talkaboutsocialsciences

I will never forget that

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

‘When the Declaration of Independence Was News’ Review: Breaking Story Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.

The WSJ book review for When the Declaration of Independence Was News called me "a careful academic who prefers sober analysis to intriguing speculation" and you know what, yeah. That's me.

And just what I need to hear as I close in on finishing this manuscript!

I'm deeply moved & grateful to all readers who bought my book across the world. If you would like an autograph book plate like @lisadtrice.bsky.social please send me your snail mail address at this contact me pg: www.annaolaw.com/contact h/t to @mkn.bsky.social @lmchervinsky.bsky.social for idea 1/

Nice

From this day forward!

History - biology double majors will do such things

Had my department’s Phi Alpha Theta (History honors society) initiation today with an actual snake!

Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920* Abstract. A new survey of ‘Liberated Africans’ exposes how global calculations of involuntary African indentured labour after 1800 have been significantly

Could someone with access to Past & Present send me a PDF of this article, please? academic.oup.com/past/article...

You’re Dead To Me Live plays Cardiff (Thursday 9th), Edinburgh (Sunday 12th) and Manchester (Monday 13th) this week — we’re doing a 2 hour romp through the life of Alexander the Great

If you’re a student who’d like to come, and you don’t already have a ticket, DM me for a educational discount code

Anyone in higher ed will tell you U.S. students learn so much from international students. It’s so good for them to see different ways of thinking and doing things. You know - education.

In a rush but in a class I assigned Townsend‘s Pocahontas book, Miles’ All That She Carried, and Why they Marched - all worked well

A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Civil War America) A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Civil War America) [Levin, Kevin M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Civil War America)

You can now pre-order my forthcoming biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It should be available directly through @uncpress.bsky.social and other sites in the next few weeks. 🗃️ www.amazon.com/Glorious-Fat...

Wow, like a ghost ship

114 years on, Belfast witnesses an incredible full-scale drone Titanic depart into the night once more.

A great day to scrap the syllabus and teach Birthright Citizenship

Neat story

The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History [Hattem, Michael D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History

My new book on the Declaration of Independence, out in November, is now available for pre-order, which is especially exciting because I still have talks for my previous book over the next few months in MA, TX, NC, TN, NY, CT, NJ, PA, MO, and CA.

That's all well & good, but what if you don't actually understand the real nature of our current problems, because you haven't explored the processes whereby they came into existence?

Also, present-day folks ARE addicted to crap historical analogies, the least we can do is aim for better ones.

Congrats Anna, will definitely by buying and using for my forthcoming!

A pile of Anna O. Law's Migrations and the Origins of American Citizenship and one copy propped up on top. The cover is an USA flag with a figure of a man behind it like the stripes are bars

📣 🎉Today is the official release day of my book, even tho many of you have it in hand already. 🙏 to all who purchased. Availability: Amazon has the paper w/ discount, Bookshop/OUP on back order. Should be an e-version that is missing. I will check w/ my press. More: www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati...

Here I am, talking about one of the central arguments of THE WESTERNERS!

Out in a little more than one week! #squee #skystorians @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

The memorable thing about school field trips in Northern Ireland in the 90s was they had Protestant schools and Catholics schools go together. It was like that episode of Derry Girls.

Important reminder. Filed mine this morning.

When I emigrated from Ireland about 20 years ago I worked across the street at the SC Historical Society. I naively thought Hibernian Hall would welcome Irish immigrants. But it’s a wealthy social club today - much like it was back then.

Brilliant.

Bricks made by enslaved people at fort sumter

Fort Sumter from the sea in charleston harbor

Fort Sumter was built with bricks made by enslaved people in the Charleston area. Their fingerprints are still visible.