@juliagaffield.bsky.social wow what an intro for a biography

Come hang out with Marlene Daut, Olive Senior, Chantalle Verna, and me at the @miamibookfair.bsky.social in November! #ReadCaribbean #MiamiBookFair

absolute dream job for the right person

My interim editorship is over at the end of the academic year and we are hiring a permanent editor of the WMQ! Please share widely!

I'm very grateful for this article on my book "I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom" in the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste! @yalepress.bsky.social lenouvelliste.com/article/2609...

Happy Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day! By happy coincidence I finished @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's excellent book today, learning the significance of October 17 in the process.

Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History by Marlene Daut 🇭🇹 lithub.com/five-essenti...

Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det...

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first post-independence ruler, was not just a violent revolutionary, but a leader who dedicated himself to eliminating slavery and fighting for freedom at great personal cost. A new biography by @juliagaffield.bsky.social offers a full portrait.

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Explore this reading list of ten Yale books for Black History Month 2025 featuring books on Britain’s first black Olympic medal winner, the first and last king of Haiti, Regency London’s most famous street performer and more. yalebooks.co.uk/black-histor... #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #bhmuk

Haitian archivist Patrick Tardieu on Haiti's historic documents in the archives in London: lenouvelliste.com/article/2605...

Launching my new seminar on Saint-Domingue and the world of the Haitian Revolution—looking fwd to discussing excellent works, esp. new books by Marlene Daut, @juliagaffield.bsky.social, and @malickghachem.bsky.social.

When Jefferson trashed Wheatley’s book, he hadn’t yet published a book of his own. I think about that sometimes.

In 1903, the Haitian historian Jules Rosemond argued in preparation for the centenary of Haitian independence that Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born on September 20, 1758, and today we commemorate the life of this leader of the Haitian Revolution.

LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author @briannanofil.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org’s Throughline podcast about the history of migrant detention in the US:

I got to talk to @npr.org about sheriffs, jails, and all the ways people have made money from locking up migrants. (Featuring many stories from my book!)

@juliagaffield.bsky.social joins us to share her new book I Have Avenged America ⬇️ @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social #BookSky #HistorySky #EduSky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"The Business of Migrant Detention" on @npr.org's Throughline featuring my colleague @briannanofil.bsky.social talking about her book The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration (@princetonupress.bsky.social) www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Join the #Slaveryarchive book club next Saturday, September 20, 2:00 PM EST to discuss @juliagaffield.bsky.social's new brilliant book I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom (Yale University Press, 2025), register here us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

"By weaving together rich context and the personal experiences of Christophe and Dessalines, I put down these books with a much better understanding of the Haitian Revolution." Review essay by @bramhubbell.com for @liberatingnarratives.com

I went on the Virginia Humanities show "With Good Reason" to talk about the Haitian Revolution: withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/lafa...

Same 🫠

@juliagaffield.bsky.social is doing a zoom book talk in a few weeks on a Saturday if you want to go!

Finishing up these two new excellent books.

Sighting of long-awaited @csschmitt.bsky.social volume!

Happy (early) Pub Day, @csschmitt.bsky.social! Can't wait to read it!

Marlene Daut's _The First and Last King of Haiti_ is on the shortlist for the Cundill Prize! The book is an excellent biography, a compelling narration of the Haitian Revolution, and a brilliant meditation on historical methodology! www.cundillprize.com/news/2025sho...

Today is the UK pub date for my book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalebooks.bsky.social‬)! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Did I buy this book in part because the cover looks so awesome (maaaaybe) but I just finished it and liked it a lot. The early years of his life and how plantation slavery worked in Haiti was especially interesting. Plus the round up of how Dessalines has been portrayed was helpful

Once 4 billion chestnut trees spanned most of the Eastern US, before a blight destroyed them. Restoration efforts began in 1985, with story-telling as a key component. It's the most far reaching example of trees in public history in a new essay collection: 1/x barnraisingmedia.com/the-trees-at...

The most successful slave revolt in history, wherein the enslaved took back their freedom themselves

Devoured this, great book!

“Eternal hatred of France!” That one also sticks out in mind.

And the white world lost its mind, never for it to be found again. Still, worth it. Liberté ou la Mort!!

234 years ago, enslaved men and women rose in revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. They secured the first permanent abolition of slavery, and eventually declared Haitian independence on January 1, 1804. 🇭🇹 www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...

A nice cocktail to celebrate the end of a long road! 🗃️

i remember when jd vance blamed the haitian immigrants to springfield for rising home prices. well, the prices will come down, because a mass departure of haitian workers will crash the local economy.

A wonderfully provocative piece from @audreywatters.bsky.social on LLMs as MLM schemes. 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/llm-as-mlm/?...

New from Marlene Daut on writing a Haitian Revolution screenplay! marlenedaut.com/blog/adventu...

Gaffield's work is necessary. I'm grateful she put in the work so we have such a high-quality book on Dessalines. A must-read.

The reputation of Haiti’s founder, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, has been tarnished by often racist misconceptions and misinterpretations. Julia Gaffield’s new book seeks to correct the record and situate his pivotal role in the transatlantic abolitionist movement:

New at PB, Marlene L. Daut interviews @juliagaffield.bsky.social about her new book on Haiti’s founder, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a figure who has been “unjustly maligned in historical narratives & overshadowed by more popular figures such as Toussaint Louverture.”

ICYMI: When Trump maliciously demonized Haitian immigrants last year, he was only the latest to malign those from the true birthplace of freedom from slavery. A new biography of Jean-Jacque Dessalines by @juliagaffield.bsky.social illuminates how it all began. My @liberalcurrents.com interview:

Here’s another brilliant historical biography — Prof Marlene Daut was our expert guest on BBC You’re Dead To Me for our Haitian Revolution episode. In this new book, she explores the notorious life of King Henri Christophe of Haiti, and finds a much more complicated story

This interview is great! @juliagaffield.bsky.social's book was already on my TBR list but it's still a joy to read about the research that's behind the recontextualization of this important historical figure.

Liberalism ENABLED the end of slavery, but did not drive it. Slaves themselves ended slavery & Haiti was founded as a result. A new biography by @juliagaffield.bsky.social tells the story of Jean-Jacque Dessalines, who France demonized in revenge. My @liberalcurrents.com interview:

Great interview with @juliagaffield.bsky.social on and around her new biography of Dessalines. Looking forward to reading!

Loved this book so I’m looking forward to the interview?