A well wish from James II to his friend Thomas Butler in 1673: '[I] am very glad you escaped so well as you did, I hope it will always be your fortune to do so'.

Also, a prime example of female entrepreneurship, in my opinion, is Louise Renée de Kérouaille, who became one of King Charles II's mistresses. In 1681, she extracted £132,000 from the Treasury for her 'Secret Services'. A hussler if you ask me. (1/2)

Applications for the EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students close 16:00 (UK time) Friday, 12 September. 12 part-funded places are available on this course which will be held at the University of Warwick, 3–6 December 2025. For more info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/society/stud...

On the subject of Women & Entrepreneurship, the woman of the week is Peggy Jones. A notorious mudlarker who was immortalised in this print. She utilised her knowledge of the river and its tides to scrape a living together. In her special skirt, she gathered valuables and coal, which she sold. (1/2)

One more week to get your proposals in for what will be a very exciting day! Share your research, feedback a chapter, pitch your new archival finds at the WomCom Workshop.

Our Call for Papers for the Women's Committee workshop I'm very excited about. Join us in sharing your research on everything Women & Entrepreneurship. Please share widely and reach out if you have any questions!

Great function with such amazing records! In one of my favourite places on earth to boot

CfP is out! Sign up, share, come visit, very excited about this. Let's get some great female case-studies!

Het is Keti Koti! Herdenk, vier, lees de 3 boekentips van Janice Deul: @fatahblack.bsky.social & ‪@camilladekoning.bsky.social‬, Ooggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij, Leo Balai, Herengracht 502 en ‪@mrspillybean.bsky.social‬, Dobberen. Klik door, lees waarom & koop: athenaeumscheltema.n...

Op Keti Koti dit jaar mag ik in gesprek met een geweldige line-up in het Teylermuseum in Haarlem, en ik hoop dat jullie komen luisteren! O.a. in gesprek over: Hoe kunnen we Teylers investering in de slavenhandel plaatsen in een breder gesprek over erfgoed, musea, kennis, collecties en nalatenschap?

The real question is, will I make it through a second day in Cambridge without pronouncing Pepys as pep-is i.o. peeps (which I was convinced was correct for years)?

Finally gathered the academic courage to venture to Cambridge, but where to stay for a tiny archiving stint. Any tips for ultimate Cambridge vibes?

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Eight weeks ago, I jokingly imagined a podcast where scholars could (expertly) hate on historical figures. Almost 100,000 people thought it was a good idea. I am so incredibly excited to announce that the first episodes of my brand new show This Guy Sucked will be released March 20th!

My dearest friend and esteemed colleague Ramona Negrón is at the helm of this Dutch account where historians share their work! Use the translate option and get in there, her work is fascinating and innovative!

Dream job alert!

Voor @maritiemportal.bsky.social schreef ik een blog over de boekpresentatie van de nieuwe bundel The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade bij het @schpvrtmsm.bsky.social . Lees hier: maritiemportal.nl/blog-boekpre... @camilladekoning.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social

Ooggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij is genomineerd voor een prachtige prijs: de Kleio Klassenprijs 2025. Geweldig dat het boek dat @fatahblack.bsky.social en ik schreven 'onmisbaar is in de klas'. Help ons alsjeblieft een handje door voor ons te stemmen op de link! Delen heel graag.

Digging through works on monarchy, empire and slave trade, never ceases to baffle me. First, a general excusing of Royal involvement is the standard. Second, phrases like this, which concluded a paragraph on the TSAT published in 1976: "All were victims in the first place of their fellow-Africans."

I will post about this properly tomorrow, including sharing a piece written by Dr Tara Inniss at UWI, but if you care about Caribbean history & heritage please read, sign & share.

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De officiële presentatie van ons boek zal plaatsvinden in Het Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam! In samenwerking met hun indrukwekkende nieuwe tentoonstelling Schaduwen op de Atlantische Oceaan zullen vijf presentaties een link leggen tussen historisch onderzoek en erfgoed. Meld je hier nú aan:

It's here, it's happening, it's out! @ramonanegron.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social and I present to you as editors a three part volume: West Africa, At Sea and Conflict Management and Discourse. New and exciting research on the Dutch Transatlantic Slave trade!

RIP, this little guy that was squashed in an 18th-century inventory. I'm still feeling a bit squashed myself, but on we go, back to the sources, while wondering what kind of bug this was.

Played around with georeferencing and importing John Rocque’s 1746 map of London, inspired by @locatinglondon. Interface below: @latest.allmaps.org, now on to @nodegoat.net to put my own data in. Cool stuff imho!

Helped someone turn of the sound of their camera in the archive after asking if they could turn it off (they didn’t know how). And the lady came back to me a little later and thanked me for being nice and polite?! So sweet. Am I becoming Britishly polite?

Reasonable workload of the day. A cheeky bulk order of Royal African Company records. Just keep flipping

'Found' this, unknown to me, beautiful and interesting painting, by Jurriaen van Streeck, presumably from the 1670s. Described as a still life, but in many ways a portrait. Van Streeck lived and died in Amsterdam. Was this young man part of the established Afro-Dutch community in Amsterdam?

Name of the day: Zerobabel Swinfield

Is there anyone here who can help me navigate a way to find wills and possible other ‘personal’ documents (such as affadavids, notarial deeds etc) of captains in 1675-1700 England? UK archives do nót work like Dutch ones in this quest!

* NEW PUBLICATION * The official publication date is January 6, however, the Open Access version is already available. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @camilladekoning.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social @ilsejosepha.bsky.social

Visuals matter. Paying living artists for their work matters. For the cover of the first book in the Slavery and Emancipation series (January 2025), we got permission to use a work by Dutch artist of Surinamese heritage, Natasja Kensmil, called “White Elephant”, oil on canvas, 200x230 cm, 2019.

This painting was made 123 years after Edward Colston died. In the foreground, a woman called Mary (or Black Mary in his testament), kneels. Why did the painter R.J. Lewis choose to include her? What is the painting we can spot in the background? Questions from some research I'm working on.

Very excited for this upcoming publication. From MA-student papers to peer-reviewed articles in an edited volume. Amazing research on a wide range of subjects, if I do say so myself as editor!

Looking for research on the position of elderly enslaved people in the Atlantic colonies. Found great work on the US South, but what about the Caribbean and South America? I want a more elaborate image of their lives than 'elders most likely cared for children'. Tips?

Marking is making my morning, these answers are either hilarious or insightful.

Frustration of the day, why is publishing open access so expensive, and why are there barely any options for funding? Does anyone have a few thousand euros lying around for a great cause (amazing new data and research by talented students on Dutch slave ships)?

Gem of the archives. Letters annotated with a summary of the response. Thank you, dear sirs. I especially love that the two sets of handwriting almost seem to come from a different century. Both men complained about the quality of the sugar coming off of the plantation L'Esperance in Suriname.

I love how this 18th-century clerk was like, you're gonna make me count shovels? I'll give you a shovel.

It's a third coffee kind of day. Diving deep into the Surinamese archives in hopes of tracing an old formerly enslaved man called Benjamin, father's name (unique to be mentioned) Coffij. Looking for everything on the plantations Arnhem, Klein Chatillion, and Gelderland.

Starting out with the best book I've read this year: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Prof. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. Amazing family history, it's fiction, but wonderfully researched, showing the complexity and effects of slavery on (family) life. Must read!