This conference explores the shadowy realms of the Atlantic that connected four continents but also disrupted its various imperial structures. The participants will investigate important historical and historiographical questions about the nature of unlawful exchanges and the relationship between settler-colonists, pirates, and smugglers in the creation of “illicit Atlantic worlds” beyond state control.
Robert C. Ritchie, Eliga Gould, Kevin P. McDonald, and Mark G. Hanna, hold a concluding plenary session for the conference. Ritchie is director of research at the Huntington. Gould is Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of New Hampshire. McDonald is Professor of...
Published 01/24/15
Charles Foy, discusses, “Black Maritime Labor: The Business of Capturing, Kidnapping, and Condemning Eighteenth-Century Black Mariners”. Blakemore is an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Black Seamen and Pilots”.
Published 01/24/15
Kevin Dawson, discusses, “Enslaved Ship Pilots in the Age of Revolutions”. Dawson is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Black Seamen and Pilots”.
Published 01/24/15