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The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!

Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE

I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its cruelties

Here's a sneak peek at a tiny slice of the research included in my new book, THE CROWN'S SILENCE (available for pre-order now and out tomorrow, 1/27)!!! @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky #slaveryarchive
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

Check Toby Green's beautiful essay on @aeon.co, edited by dear Sam Haselby, essay draws on Toby's new magnificent book The Heretic of Cacheu. For reading and listening, and to be shared widely in these difficult times we live in #slaveryarchive #Africanhistory #Africa aeon.co/essays/lesso...

Congratulations to #Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative International Advisory board member @mbarcia24.bsky.social for the publication of his new book Pirate Imperialism: Trade, Abolition, and Global Suppression of Maritime Raiding 1825-1870 @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Happy holidays and happy book new year! Here is the #Slaveryarchive Most Anticipated Books 2026 list. Enjoy, and see you all in 2026 www.slaveryarchive.com/most-anticip...

Thrilled that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is part of the top 10 #Slaveryarchive best books of 2025 - highly recommend the other books on this list as well!

We are so happy for @chloeireton.bsky.social and Shantel George who are both included in @slaveryarchive.bsky.social's Ten Best Books of 2025! Much deserved recognition for these stellar books. @universitypress.cambridge.org

Congratulations to our dear Alex Gil, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at @yale, who received an honorable mention for the Lois Roth Award for Translation of a Literary Work for his translation of Aimé Césaire’s . . . . . . And the Dogs Were Silent #slaveryarchive

In this holiday season, we keep reading! This is the #Slaveryarchive 10 Best Books 2025 list www.slaveryarchive.com/10-best-book...

Congratulations to our advisory board member Jessica Marie Johnson and her fantastic team, whose project Keywords for Black Louisiana won this amazing award #slaveryarchive

Project to map enslaved people’s testimony | News | The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh historians will investigate slavery and the law in British Guiana, now Guyana, in a new three year-long project.

Congratulations to historian Diana Paton (@dianapaton.bsky.social), member of our advisory board, who is leading a major Project to map enslaved people’s testimony at the University of Edinburgh. Check also the postdoc fellowship opportunity #slaveryarchive www.ed.ac.uk/news/project...

HUGELY looking forward to @araujohistorian.bsky.social’s paper in a week’s time! (So much so that we’re going to ignore that that means *IT’S DECEMBER IN A WEEK’S TIME*)

Join us in lovely Bloomsbury or on zoom!

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians

On November 15 (SATURDAY), 2:00 PM EST, the #Slaveryarchive Book Club will host historian Roquinaldo Ferreira who will be discussing his book Worlds of Unfreedom: West Central Africa in the Era of Global Abolition (Princeton University Press, 2025). Register now! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

THE CROWN'S SILENCE | Kirkus Reviews Royals profited handsomely from slavery, says this account.

THE CROWN’S SILENCE:

“An engrossing tale … An account of powerful people behaving badly that’s hard to resist.” —Kirkus reviews.

Read the full review here: 👇
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Join the #Slaveryarchive Book Club tomorrow, October 25, Saturday, 2:00 PM EST to discuss historian Toby Green's new book The Heretic of Cacheu, register here us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Submissions for the 2025 #Slaveryarchive Book Prize are open until February 15, 2026. Check the call in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese and submit your book www.slaveryarchive.com/book-prize/

Submissions for the 2025 #Slaveryarchive Book Prize are open until February 15, 2026. Check the call in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese and submit your book www.slaveryarchive.com/book-prize/

Happy US #pubday The Heretic of Cacheu (@UChicagoPress) by Toby Green. The #Slaveryarchive Book Club will discuss the book on October 25, register HERE us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... and get the book here with 30% discount with code UCPNEW at check out press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Two to go! Join us at the #Slaveryarchive Book Club to discuss The Heretic of Cacheu (U. of Chicago Press) by Toby Green on Oct. 25, register HERE us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... and get the book here with 30% discount with code UCPNEW at check out press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Join us in Boston this Thursday, October 9, for the @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social for a free signed copy of Humans in Shackles and a hug. Reception at 5:30pm/Award Presentations at 6:30pm at the African Meeting House, 46 Joy Street, Boston, MA. Register at www.maahstonebookaward.org

A lengthy Netgalley reader review of THE CROWN'S SILENCE

A lengthy Netgalley reader review of THE CROWN'S SILENCE

I love seeing the first 5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader reviews of my upcoming book, THE CROWN'S SILENCE (Mariner, Jan. 2026), on Netgalley! Pre-order your copy wherever books are sold. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

This was such a delight! Thinking about family and its (il)legibility as essential to politics. Thank you @eicathomefinn.bsky.social for a marvellous paper and @jhowesuk.bsky.social for wonderful response.

Happy US #pubday The Heretic of Cacheu (@UChicagoPress) by Toby Green. The #Slaveryarchive Book Club will discuss the book on October 25, register HERE us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... and get the book here with 30% discount with code UCPNEW at check out press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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...

A big congratulations is in order for author Randy M. Browne—his book THE DRIVER'S STORY has just won the Slavery Archive Book Prize, granted by the #Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative (@slaveryarchive.bsky.social)! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

I am so excited to share this news!

Keeping our commitment to recognize the outstanding book on the history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, we are delighted to announce The Driver’s Story by historian @randybrowne.bsky.social as the Winner of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024 www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...

Sat., Oct. 4, at 2:00 pm EDT it will be my pleasure to speak about my new book *Freedom Ship* with the #slaveryarchive Book Club. Please register through the link below and join us! Warm thanks to @araujohistorian.bsky.social and Alex Gil for organizing the event.

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2024 #Slavery Archive Book Prize Finalist announcement with cover image of THE DRIVER'S STORY next to profile photo of the author (Randy Browne)

I'm so honored that THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social Book Prize!

Congrats to the other finalists, @daviddoddington.bsky.social and @profjennyshaw.bsky.social.

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More well-deserved accolades for @daviddoddington.bsky.social whose book is a finalist for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social book prize--"is an extraordinary study shedding new light on old age and aging in the antebellum US South." @universitypress.cambridge.org offers our big congratulations!

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 author @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose groundbreaking book THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the Slavery Archive Book Prize, granted by the #Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative (@slaveryarchive.bsky.social)! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs