It’s officially pub day for this incredible work! Thank you to Oscar de la Torre for making this possible!! And thank you to CUNY DSI for research consults and permission to use your images in my work!! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...

Oooh, he’s gonna be big mad www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

Brazilianists or anyone else: what are the best things to read about European immigrants who worked on coffee plantations after abolition?

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

Important new article from Tara Inniss www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Yes, she really is saying that rich people making lots of money is more important than children being raped.

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Today I learned that my first book, SURVIVING SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN, has completely sold out of the paperback print run. (Print-on-demand copies should be available very soon.) Thanks to everyone who ordered or read the book!

Large containers of sulfuric acid Epstein had delivered to his island after being tipped off may point to atrocities that prove too much for the public to handle. There are mentions of murder involving Trump and disposing of bodies in the files. Sulfuric acid takes care of dead bodies, incl bones.

now that's the power of a union

Looking forward to my first FEEGI conference this spring. Program here: feegi.org/uploads/3/5/...

Pretty sure one was consulted, definitely was for the album news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

Congrats to Estherine Adams on her forthcoming book, Slavery, Indentureship, and Women’s Labor: Early British Guiana’s Jails. www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Slav...

Welp. There we go.

News from my university www.fox19.com/2026/02/05/x...

🚨 PENN PRESS BLACK HISTORY MONTH SALE KLAXON 🚨 40% off a ton of great titles, including books by @melanienewport.bsky.social @randybrowne.bsky.social @johncraighammond.bsky.social and many more.... Kathleen Brown, Brandon Byrd, Kim Hall, Jessica Marie Johnson, Tessa Murphy, to name a few more!

Seems like we are weeks away from universities touting "0 faculty members named in the Epstein files!" in their recruitment pitches. And in all seriousness, is anyone (Chronicle?) writing about all the academics who colluded and corresponded w/ Epstein in different ways?

Imagine the courage it takes to assault children and then run back to your lifted truck away after they kick your ass.

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

Congrats to @brookenewman.bsky.social on the publication of her fantastic THE CROWN'S SILENCE. I read an advance copy and it's a devastating analysis of the British crown's role in slavery and the slave trade.

In the midst of the violence, let’s allow ourselves to be inspired by the heroism that is on display here. Right now, it is not an exaggeration to say, Minnesotans are putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny.

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti.

Have any university presidents spoken out against ICE?

OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice

Stephen Miller called the victim, an ICU nurse at the VA filming ICE, a “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement.” Greg Bovino said he “wanted to massacre law enforcement.” You saw the videos. How can any Republican not call for their resignations?

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Congratulations to author @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY has been named a finalist for the Sterling Stuckey Book Prize, granted by The Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

What an honor to see THE DRIVER'S STORY selected as a finalist for ASWAD's P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize, alongside scholars I deeply admire: Edda L. Fields-Black, Erik S. McDuffie, and Christopher Tounsel. Congrats to the finalists for the other prizes, too! www.aswadiaspora.org/index.php?op...

As a former MNan, I think the Trump admin made a political miscalculation in MN. 1) The aftermath of George Floyd's death created experienced, united action groups that still exist; and 2) the low-info supporters who think cities are scary & minoritized are seeing mostly white wine moms on the news.

"THE DRIVER'S STORY is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why Atlantic slavery...endured and expanded despite the heroic resistance of its victims." From Nick Radburn's very thoughtful review in LABOR. read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...

More information from the guy whose car had smoke grenades and other stuff thrown in it. The baby's heart stopped and EMS was called to the scene. Yeah, ICE may have almost killed a 6 month old baby yesterday

Pacific Ocean/Australian historians: what are some of the best articles or books to read about "blackbirding"?

Coming soon from @livunipress.bsky.social A wild ride from Cuba to the Cape Colony and Civil War Kentucky. The moral of the story? Although C19 Britons thought their model of emancipation was exceptional, it was anything but #Cuba #AmericanCivilWar #slavery #emancipation #SouthAfrica

Yet another type of war crime with the boat strikes www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

With all of the craziness out there, we have to celebrate the small joys, right? I received the (uncorrected) full dust jacket for my forthcoming book from @liveright.bsky.social and @wwnorton.com and it made my day.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

Make it viral.

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

The trading history of 'Calabar' @randybrowne.bsky.social post-c. 1720 is well known but does #maritimehistory #earlymodern historian know of work on the port prior to 1680? English--and, so, 'Insolence' ships went there regularly in 1640s Many thanks for any and all advice!

Skipping the AHA this year, but with good memories of last year, especially this roundtable with Chris Brown, @araujohistorian.bsky.social, and @sethrockman.bsky.social.

"American intervention will make things better this time." Mi hermano en Cristo, it has *never* made things better in Latin America.

The appropriate Democratic response is that the president is out of control. You don’t need to repeat his Maduro talking points. Stop being pussies.