1/5 Two questions around slavery & its legacies that I’m asked quite frequently, with short answers & links for more detail:
Q1: Which was “worse”, European trans-Atlantic or “Islamic” slavery?
Many thanks! Being able to maintain a link to the excellent research community at @durham.ac.uk @durhamhistory.bsky.social was so important as my career took a different path.
Hoping to get back sooner rather than later to discuss the book and catch up with old friends!
Alan Lester
My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period.
Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳
Lançamentos do livro do projeto Querino em São Luís e Salvador!
Na semana que vem, finalmente faremos as conversas de lançamento do livro do projeto Querino nas capitais do Maranhão e da Bahia.
Estará em alguma delas? Tem amigos e família lá? Ajude a espalhar a palavra!
REMINDER: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
SLAS-Eccles Institute Conference Access Award
Up to four awards of £500 for SLAS members who lack institutional or personal sources of income to attend the SLAS Annual Conference.
And here's a link to that episode in case you missed it at the time: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
A couple of years after we featured on the same episode of the Guardian's Cotton Capital podcast, I had the pleasure to speak to @tiagorogero.com about my book on British Entanglement with Brazilian Slavery (@anthempress.bsky.social, Feb. 26)
Gratidão. Boa leitura!
anthempress.com/books/britis...
Joseph Mulhern
Joseph Mulhern
Joseph Mulhern
Yesenia Barragan, she/they
SLAS - Society for Latin American Studies
Read about how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil longer after abolition, from our @durhamhistory.bsky.social Honorary Fellow Joe Mulhern, in @theguardian.com.
@anthempress.bsky.social @tiagorogero.com
Tiago Rogero
‘These connections are overlooked’: how British companies profited from slavery in Brazil long after abolition
