If you are near Williamstown, MA, book your train or bus ticket, brush your horse, wash your car, prepare the outfit, and come attend my lecture "Global Slavery: A Visual History" at the Clark Art Institute, on May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM, more information here lnkd.in/eFbSUxQ9 #slaveryarchive

Please read my essay in the new Journal of American History about how abolitionists used runaway slave ads to ridicule slavery. #slaveryarchive

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Vital new research. #slaveryarchive

Next Monday, March 30, 6:00 PM I will be at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University to give the lecture The Power of Art: The World Black Artists Made in the Americas, as part of the Silberberg Lecture Series. You can join in person or online ifa.nyu.edu/events/date/... #slaveryarchive

TONIGHT! We can still sneak you in on a clandestine zoom link if you want!
Or join us in Bloomsbury which is even more glorious in Springtime

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

MONDAY! Join us for an exciting paper about the Early Atlantic Slave trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality by Pablo Gómez!

23 March, 17:30 (UK) @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom -- register for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

Photo of part of an 1827 letter to Rear Admiral Willoughby Lake, squadron commander Bermuda station, from a Royal Navy captain: "There wanted but this additional proof of the manner in which the Spirit of the Law was violated, and of the truth of my information, that by means of surreptitious Clearances, the slave trade from these Islands had been carried on to a considerable extent with the West Indies."

Photo of section of a different letter, 1827: " The triumph of the Slave dealers was complete. It was openly avowed that the traffic in slaves thus mentioned, should be vigorously carried on."

Elders have long argued there was export of enslaved Bermudians between 1807-1834. I've looked for clear archival evidence for several years without success. Today's research: Slave Patrol captain in Bermuda lays out the method and reports on impending voyages to be interdicted. #SlaveryArchive

The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution by Gregory E O'Malley Historian O’Malley (Final Passages) offers a spellbinding saga of one man’s long and wandering search for freedom in Revolutiona...

Excited about this starred review from Publisher's Weekly!
publishersweekly.com/9781250364234
#bskystorians #slavery #slaveryarchive

A great review of Toby Green's The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Peres and the Struggle Over Life in the Seventeenth-Century West Africa @uchicagopress.bsky.social in the @thetls.bsky.social. This is the most beautiful history book of 2025 and beyond, and you must read it. #slaveryarchive

RESIST: The Power of Enslaved Artists in the Americas. Heading to Florida International University to give a lecture and workshop tomorrow #slaveryarchive #africanart

Image 208 of Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 14, South Carolina, Part 3, Jackson-Quattlebaum

"What do I t'ink ob slavery?  I t'ink slavery is jest a murdering of de people"
- Sam Mitchell, Beaufort County, SC, 1937-8

[What do I think of slavery? I think slavery is just a murdering of the people.]
#slaveryarchive
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“Unconscious Stipendiaries of This Wicked System”? Female Enslavers and Compensation in Nineteenth-century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core “Unconscious Stipendiaries of This Wicked System”? Female Enslavers and Compensation in Nineteenth-century Britain - Volume 65

New JBS article alert! 🚨 #slaveryarchive
““Unconscious Stipendiaries of This Wicked System”? Female Enslavers and Compensation in Nineteenth-century Britain” by Hannah Young.

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Last week at the Université Libre de Bruxelles: Dr. Liliane Umubyeyi commenting my lecture "The Past that Won't Go Away" based on my book Reparations for Slavery (Réparations, combats pour la mémoire et l’esclavage) at the conference "Colonial Legacies in Belgium" #slaveryarchive #booksky

Thank you historian @brookenewman.bsky.social for this important, needed, and beautiful book, which I am already citing in my current book manuscript. #slaveryarchive

It's Black History Month in the USA. Today we remember the late Nona Faustine, whose birthday is today. As an artist, she used her body as a monument to reckon with the slavery past of this country, and NYC, in particular. Happy birthday Nona. #BlackHistoryMonth #slaveryarchive

Lessons in pluralism from a 17th-century African town | Aeon Essays The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)

Check Toby Green's beautiful essay on @aeon.co, edited by dear Sam Haselby, essay draws on Toby's new magnificent book The Heretic of Cacheu. For reading and listening, and to be shared widely in these difficult times we live in #slaveryarchive #Africanhistory #Africa aeon.co/essays/lesso...

The Crown’s Silence is the top new release in Black and African American History

Crown’s Silence is the top new release in Slavery History

Crown’s Silence is the top new audio release in British History

Thank you 🙏readers and audiobook listeners! #slaveryarchive #history @marinerbooks

The Crown's Silence

Great news! The Crown’s Silence #audiobook is now available to listen on Spotify Premium, narrated by the fabulous Allyson Johnson. #spotify #slaveryarchive 📚🎧
Check it out here:

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The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its cruelties

Here's a sneak peek at a tiny slice of the research included in my new book, THE CROWN'S SILENCE (available for pre-order now and out tomorrow, 1/27)!!! @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky #slaveryarchive
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

Screenshot of the audio book of The Crown’s Silence

A picture of The Crown’s Silence with a quote from Town & Country

The audio book of THE CROWN’S SILENCE is available NOW on Audible—before the book’s hardcover release on Tuesday—and it’s narrated by the fabulous Allyson Johnson! 🎧 Happy listening! 👂 📚 @marinerbooks.bsky.social
#slaveryarchive

"Whot doth thee thenk of thes trubelsom tiems. Is thar not a caus—ye sin no dout is the caus—but among the many sins that might be named I would naem on and that is slaves keepen" - "Humanity" to John Adams, 23 January 1776 #slaveryarchive #America250 #otdih
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A stack of books displaying The Crown’s Silence

A stack of books displaying The Crown’s Silence

After nearly a decade of work, THE CROWN’S SILENCE is out in less than a week!! Available for pre-order NOW! While every day seems to bring a fresh new horror, at least there are BOOKS. 📚 #booksky #slaveryarchive
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Next Thursday, January 28, I will be giving the keynote A Past that Won't Go Away" at the 3-day conference Héritages coloniaux en Belgique, in Brussels. My lecture will be in English. Full program here. QR code for registration below. actus.ulb.be/fr/actus/int... #slaveryarchive

Ce vendredi joignez-nous au Séminaire du CIRESC pour discuter mon livre Réparations. Combats pour la mémoire de l’esclavage (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle) @editionsduseuil.bsky.social 14h30 à l’EHESS, Campus Condorcet, salle 427 en personne et en visio sur Zoom cnrs.zoom.us/j/9311620051... #slaveryarchive

Poster for the UK launch of the Crown’s Silence at Waterstones on 1/30

If you’re in the London area, please join me for the UK launch of my new book THE CROWN’S SILENCE at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower St on 1/30 at 6:30pm.
I’ll be in conversation with MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social & look forward to seeing you there!
#booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive

Congratulations to #Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative International Advisory board member @mbarcia24.bsky.social for the publication of his new book Pirate Imperialism: Trade, Abolition, and Global Suppression of Maritime Raiding 1825-1870 @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

This salt-glazed technique ceramic jar was created by Thomas Commeraw, a formerly enslaved man who championed pottery in New York City. Born in 1772, he is one of the several artists featured in my current book project. This jar is on view at the Smithsonian NMAAHC in Washington DC #slaveryarchive

Finished copies of The Crown’s Silence stacked in front of a bookshelf

A finished copy of The Crown’s Silence on a table, front cover facing the viewer

A finished copy of The Crown’s Silence on a table, back cover with lovely blurbs facing the viewer

My author copies of THE CROWN’S SILENCE are here!!! Please spread the word, support local bookstores, and buy a copy for every royal 👑 in your life!

King Charles, I’m looking at you!!

Out on 1/27 in the US 🇺🇸 and on 1/29 in the UK 🇬🇧. #booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive

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I’m thrilled to see THE CROWN’s SILENCE included in Slavery Archive’s list of the Most Anticipated Books of 2026—can’t wait to read all of these fantastic titles! #slaveryarchive 📚
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Happy holidays and happy book new year! Here is the #Slaveryarchive Most Anticipated Books 2026 list. Enjoy, and see you all in 2026 www.slaveryarchive.com/most-anticip...