When you’re going through your The National Archives orders at a good clip (because leaving soon 😭) and you open a box that looks like this 😬

Until the next time, thanks for a fruitful visit old friend! The National Archives

Please join us in celebrating Prof. Liz Ellis, the winner of the 2023 SHEAR James Broussard Best First Book Prize! Learn more about her book, "The Great Power of Small Nations," over Penn Press: pennpress.org/9781512823097/…

No idea where first post went- United Airlines canceled our flights out of and into SYR and offered to rebook us 2 days later. Instead we rented cars and drove hours to actual airports. Most ridiculous travel exp of my life, ongoing 36 hours after leaving LHR.

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I am excited to announce my new episode of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies's Early American Conversations podcast with Randy Browne! In it, we discuss his new book, published by Penn Press, The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery! Tune in! open.spotify.com/episode/0CYJ2N…

UT Austin is looking to hire a tenured associate or full professor in British Empire. Spread the word. Here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/151401

Great sale on Penn paperbacks- brings the price of "The Creole Archipelago" (as well as Randy's "Surviving Slavery" and many other fabulous reads) down to just $15! & if you're thinking of assigning my book and would like me to Zoom in to class, feel free to reach out

We know a lot about what indentured labourers & enslaved Africans did on English plantations, but far less about what enslaved Indigenous people did. On St Christopher plantations, they were kept in a separate 'Indian House' & undertook 'fishing and fowling' for the household.

This will be an amazing resource! Congrats to all recipients :)

#OTD August 28, 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act received Royal Assent and took effect 1 August 1834. Read my Historica Canada article to learn more. #RememberSlavery thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sla…

You know when you see an Carvana ad and think “it can’t possibly be that easy to sell a car”? Turns out, it is! An online form & a quick pickup later, cheque already cashed (for way above what dealer offered). Farewell, Garb, and thanks for the memories!

At this point Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes) is a better resource than the Hnet job guide 😂 hat tip to you sir 🎩