Journal of Global Slavery

Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as alread...

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Read Klara Boyer-Rossol's new article "From East #Africa to the Mascarenes: The Origins and #Life #Histories of 140 “Mozambiques” (1810s–1840s)" in the current issue of JGS: brill.com/view/journal...

Read Gabrielle Robilliard-Witt's new article "The Prize Papers:
Tracing #Slavery and the Slave Trade in a 'Hidden' #Archive of State" in the current issue of the Journal of #Global Slavery:
@prizepapers.bsky.social

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JGS is delighted to announce Juliane Schiel @univie.ac.at as the journal's new managing editor! Juliane is a historian of #slavery & #labor in premodern Europe & the Mediterranean. We look forward to the next years under her leadership! A warm welcome to Juliane!

JGS's managing editor Ismael Montana is passing on the torch. We are grateful for five successful years under his leadership.

Luckily, he will stay on as 'Area editor Near East & North Africa' & will continue to be an invaluable support to the journal.

Thank you, Ismael! 🎉

Read Benjamin Asmussen's new article "The Letter from Porto Novo: Three Insights into the #Danish #Slave #Trade in #India" in the current issue of the Journal of Global Slavery:

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Read Claude Chevaleyre's new article "Slaving and #Trafficking in #Ming #China: A Systematic Approach" in the current issue of the Journal of #Global #Slavery:

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The guest editors wrote the introduction to the special issue, "Hidden #Archives and the Commerce of Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and Asia."

Read it #Open #Access here: brill.com/view/journal...

We're pleased to announce the winner of the Paul E. #Lovejoy Prize for excellence & originality in a major work on any theme related to #global #slavery published in 2024.

Read about the winner, Beeta Baghoolizadeh's THE COLOR BLACK, & the other books the jury considered:
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Looking forwarding to reading this..

Heartfelt congratulations to Beeta #Baghoolizadeh whose book *The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran* @dukepress.bsky.social has won the 2024 Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize!

Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...

The Driver’s Story – Penn Press The story of the driver is the story of Atlantic slavery. Starting in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, enslavers developed the driving system to solve thei...

Congratulations to @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize, granted by @journalslavery.bsky.social! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

JGS is happy to announce the publication of an exciting special issue: "Hidden #Archives & the Commerce of #Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and #Asia, ed. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, Richard B. Allen, Jane Hooper & Matthew S. Hopper. Congratulations to all contributors: brill.com/view/journal...

Henrique Espada Lima wrote an especially thoughtful review of THE DRIVER'S STORY for @journalslavery.bsky.social. It's so gratifying when a reviewer understands what an author wanted to accomplish w/ a book and communicates that clearly, along w/ some very fair critiques. brill.com/view/journal...

New #book #review!
Constanze Weiske has reviewed Michael Zeuske's *Afrika—Atlantik—Amerika. #Sklaverei und Sklavenhandel in Afrika, auf dem Atlantik und in den Amerikas sowie in Europa.*

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New #book #review!
Paulo Cruz Terra reviewed Eric Allina's #Slavery by Any Other Name: African Life Under #Company Rule in Colonial #Mozambique:

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New #book #review!
@thomasmareite.bsky.social reviewed *A Southern #Underground #Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country,* by Paul M. Pressly:

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New #book #review!
@yzkbicak.bsky.social wrote a review of *British Encounters with Ottoman Minorities in the Early Seventeenth Century: “Slaves” of the #Sultan*, by @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social

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Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars!

Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...

New #book #review!

@lilachambers.bsky.social has reviewed #Slavery, #Capitalism, and the #Industrial #Revolution, by Maxine Berg & Pat Hudson:

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New #book #review!

Kris Manjapra's *Black Ghost of #Empire: The Long Death of #Slavery and the Failure of #Emancipation*, reviewed by Marcus Anthony Allen:
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Cover of the 'Journal of Global Slavery' featuring a historical world map with faded sepia tones, overlaid with iron shackles.

It's the 10th anniversary of our 'Journal of Global Slavery'
(@journalslavery.bsky.social) 🎉
In this interview led by @vfmueller.bsky.social, the editors reflect on the current state of slavery studies and on the journal's role within the field over the past decade – and look ahead:
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A first and very positive review of my book The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism published in the Journal of Global Slavery. #slaveryarchive

Congratulations to Prof. Gunja SenGupta, whose book “Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves” was named a winner of the 2024 Bentley Book Prize by the World History Association, and the 2024 Paul Lovejoy Book Prize awarded by the Journal of Global Slavery and Brill! www.thewha.org/wha-awards/w...

A special issue of the Journal of Global Slavery on German involvement in slavery and the slave trade.

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For the 10th Anniversary of the #Journal of #Global #Slavery, I interviewed the founding, present & incoming editors, Damian Pargas, Ismael Montana & Juliane Schiel, about the field of slavery studies, the development of global #history & their plans for the future of JGS:

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Also in issue 10:1, our very own Damian Pargas with his new article on "The Spectrum of Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Free Black Citizenship and the Development of Civic, Racial, and Hybrid Democracies in Antebellum America":

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Read Benedetta Chizzolini's research article "Navigating Ambiguities Fluid Identities and Legal Nuances among Galley Rowers (Great Duchy of Tuscany, 16th–18th centuries" in JGS's current issue 10:1:

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Read the newest issue 10:1 featuring Emily Berquist Soule's research articles on "African Sovereignty and Spain’s Slave Trading Agenda in the Gulf of Guinea Islands, 1778–1783":

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10 Years JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SLAVERY!!!🥳
In our anniversary issue, book review editor @vfmueller.bsky.social interviews founding editor Damian Pargas, current editor Ismael Montana & incoming editor Juliane Schiel about #slavery & #global #history. Access the #interview here:
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