Randy Browne
@randybrowne.bsky.social
Historian of Atlantic slavery & the British Caribbean | Professor | Author of THE DRIVER'S STORY: LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF ATLANTIC SLAVERY (2024) and SURVIVING SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN (2017) | randymbrowne.com
A higher ed email truism: the more innocuous the subject line (e.g., "Message to the campus community"), the more devastating the content.
I'm looking forward to this online lecture and conversation on Sept. 30 at The Open University. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-driver...
The Driver's Story: Labour and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
Free online lecture by award-winning author and historian Professor Randy M. Browne (Xaiver University)
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"The worries that artificial intelligence is degrading education have been building for months. Students are using it for everything, including cheating...Many university leaders are embracing A.I. with enthusiasm anyway."
Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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Surely they're interested in historians, too? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
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I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
What are the chances THE Terry Gross uses a Gmail account to invite guests to come on @nprfreshair.bsky.social?
I mean, I know I'm biased as I am all in on @feegiconference.bsky.social, but it truly is a wonderful space to present work, meet new colleagues, and learn about wide-ranging scholarship on the early modern world. Next meeting is in Pittsburgh in April 2027! #earlymodern feegi.org/index.html
FEEGI
The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks.
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI)@feegiconference.bsky.social · 2mo agoWHAT'S FEEGI? FEEGI is a special conference because it is unpretentious, affordable, and welcoming to scholars at all levels. The conferences are composed entirely of plenary sessions with short papers to maximize general discussion. Awards and travel grants are also available. Come to FEEGI!
This entire story is amazing in every way www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole
David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode.
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Happening right in front of us. The world's richest man.
Anyone with access to the International Journal of Maritime History able to do me a favor and send a copy of this review? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is a very thorough, generous review of THE DRIVER’S STORY from Matt Childs for H-Early-America. networks.h-net.org/group/review...
Childs on Browne, 'The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery' | H-Net
Browne, Randy M.. The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. 224 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781512825862. Reviewed by Matt D. Childs...
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Haitian migrants in Ohio fled a dangerous country to carve out a life in the U.S. doing shit work (factories, home health care, etc) that actual "Americans" refuse to do. it's the story of our nation's immigration patterns dating back 150 years and yet b/c of their skin color, they are vilified
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 3mo agoAfter SCOTUS ruling, Stephen Miller said: "We can finally remove these Haitian migrants." If so, Springfield Ohio, in deep red Clark County, will now face major ICE raids. Springfield is the cite of the "pet eating" lie. There are up to 15,000 Haitians there: newrepublic.com/article/2124...
“Watergate pales in comparison to what we’re doing” is quite the thing to imply
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoJD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
Very cool piece in the NYT by my Xavier colleague, Karim Tiro. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Native Leader Who Tied His People’s Fate to the Patriot Cause
For the 250th anniversary, the Times Magazine asked leading historians to profile founding-era Americans whose roles in the drama have been often overlooked.
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Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.
London people, please join us and/or help spread the word about this Voices in Slavery's Archive workshop on July 1 in Brixton. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-v...
Workshop: Voices in Slavery's Archive Project
The 'Voices' project works closely with descendant communities to understand potential uses of the reports of the 'Protector of Slaves'.
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Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive, check these news about this new amazing project by historian Diana Paton, Randy Browne and other dear historians newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s... #slaveryarchive
Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project
“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana.
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Glad to see this, @caseyjohnston.bsky.social! Congrats!
Penn Press@pennpress.bsky.social · 4mo agoCongratulations to author Casey Schmitt, whose book THE PREDATORY SEA has won the John Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History! https://bit.ly/3QIXP7n
Congratulations to author Casey Schmitt, whose book THE PREDATORY SEA has won the John Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History! https://bit.ly/3QIXP7n
Good article about our Voices in Slavery’s Archive project, focused on our work this week in Guyana. newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s...
Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project
“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana.
newsroom.gy
Nice to see this review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in @thejerpano.bsky.social. Linda Noel praises "its clear prose, informed observations, and brevity," & its "in-depth analysis of the workings of the system of slavery and the lives of individuals caught up within it." muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...
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WILD shot in the electronic dark: does anyone know the population of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre (Martinique) in 1860? Preferably urban vs. whole municipality? 🗃️ I WILL THANK YOU FORMALLY!
As an impatient person, having a manuscript under review for nearly six month is...character building?