Matthew Taylor, author of "Black Redcoats"
@blackredcoats.bsky.social
Historian & presenter bringing a fabulous tale of adventure & liberation to light.
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An exciting future for "Black Redcoats" beckons! A Prof who read my book will supervise turning it into a PhD & I have been offered support from people impressed by my work ... but I need your help! If you can, please support this effort to carry Black History even further forward! #History
Pretty blown away by this #review from Templer Award winner Kevin Linch,who put me on his list for the Society of Army Historical Research Annual Book list. #History #books #Blackhistory
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Pretty blown away by this #review from Templer Award winner Kevin Linch,who put me on his list for the Society of Army Historical Research Annual Book list. #History #books #Blackhistory
Had fun working thru #warhammer40k Catachans of late, in honour if my pref #cosplay
#gaming #modelling #painting
#gaming #modelling #painting
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Had fun working thru #warhammer40k Catachans of late, in honour if my pref #cosplay
#gaming #modelling #painting
#gaming #modelling #painting
Canadian #WW1 recruitment poster showing branches & units open. The last is for black Canadians. #BlackHistory #History #Canada
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Canadian #WW1 recruitment poster showing branches & units open. The last is for black Canadians. #BlackHistory #History #Canada
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
An excellent write-up of the discovery and significance of John London, currently regarded as Britain's First Black Voter historyofparliament.com/2024/10/21/j...
#History #BlackHistory #Freedom #Democracy
#History #BlackHistory #Freedom #Democracy
John London: Britain's First Black Voter? - The History of Parliament
this election could serve as the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election - John London
historyofparliament.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An excellent write-up of the discovery and significance of John London, currently regarded as Britain's First Black Voter historyofparliament.com/2024/10/21/j...
#History #BlackHistory #Freedom #Democracy
#History #BlackHistory #Freedom #Democracy
Always a pleasure to see the #Cenotaph in its truest form, a shrine to those who gave away their own destinies so that we can control our own. #History #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Always a pleasure to see the #Cenotaph in its truest form, a shrine to those who gave away their own destinies so that we can control our own. #History #RemembranceDay
There are good reviews, & then there is is - thank you
#RoyalNavy Strategic Studies Centre for having me, on #Trafalgar day no less... and this amazing review of my
"Black Redcoats".
Like commando raids? Like amphib ops? Like righteous liberations? Get my book! #history #blackhistory
#RoyalNavy Strategic Studies Centre for having me, on #Trafalgar day no less... and this amazing review of my
"Black Redcoats".
Like commando raids? Like amphib ops? Like righteous liberations? Get my book! #history #blackhistory
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There are good reviews, & then there is is - thank you
#RoyalNavy Strategic Studies Centre for having me, on #Trafalgar day no less... and this amazing review of my
"Black Redcoats".
Like commando raids? Like amphib ops? Like righteous liberations? Get my book! #history #blackhistory
#RoyalNavy Strategic Studies Centre for having me, on #Trafalgar day no less... and this amazing review of my
"Black Redcoats".
Like commando raids? Like amphib ops? Like righteous liberations? Get my book! #history #blackhistory
#reenactment shout-out to the St Kitts & Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) who during this year's independence day celebrations put forward a historical display team representing the 4th West India Regiment (who garrisoned Brimstone Hill fortress) #History #Napoleonics #Blackhistory
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#reenactment shout-out to the St Kitts & Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) who during this year's independence day celebrations put forward a historical display team representing the 4th West India Regiment (who garrisoned Brimstone Hill fortress) #History #Napoleonics #Blackhistory
As we approach #RemembranceDay I've used part of the sobering "Body Density Map" compiled in 1916 showing the # of dead in 75m x 75m areas at the Somme & put it over a familiar area.
Imagine 7500 dead people from Big Ben to St James Park, and 749 in Parliament Square. #History
Imagine 7500 dead people from Big Ben to St James Park, and 749 in Parliament Square. #History
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As we approach #RemembranceDay I've used part of the sobering "Body Density Map" compiled in 1916 showing the # of dead in 75m x 75m areas at the Somme & put it over a familiar area.
Imagine 7500 dead people from Big Ben to St James Park, and 749 in Parliament Square. #History
Imagine 7500 dead people from Big Ben to St James Park, and 749 in Parliament Square. #History
Napoleonic Historian Friends!
If you were presenting about the battle of #Waterloo - what would you like to talk about?
What ifs? Underappreciated factors? Myths? Give me your tantalising titles!
#History #Historian #napoleonicwars
If you were presenting about the battle of #Waterloo - what would you like to talk about?
What ifs? Underappreciated factors? Myths? Give me your tantalising titles!
#History #Historian #napoleonicwars
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Napoleonic Historian Friends!
If you were presenting about the battle of #Waterloo - what would you like to talk about?
What ifs? Underappreciated factors? Myths? Give me your tantalising titles!
#History #Historian #napoleonicwars
If you were presenting about the battle of #Waterloo - what would you like to talk about?
What ifs? Underappreciated factors? Myths? Give me your tantalising titles!
#History #Historian #napoleonicwars
One of my favourite contemporary #WW2 misreports is this from #Australia paper The Argus, a week after Pearl Harbour, suggesting German battleship Tirpitz (and a Nazi carrier!) were in the Pacific! #History @almurray.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
One of my favourite contemporary #WW2 misreports is this from #Australia paper The Argus, a week after Pearl Harbour, suggesting German battleship Tirpitz (and a Nazi carrier!) were in the Pacific! #History @almurray.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
@hicksy.bsky.social & other #wargaming #wargamers - even during the real WW2 they were arguing about correct paint schemes.
#models #painting #History
#models #painting #History
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@hicksy.bsky.social & other #wargaming #wargamers - even during the real WW2 they were arguing about correct paint schemes.
#models #painting #History
#models #painting #History
Took a break from #History to go fight for the Emperor as a #Warhammer40k Catachan Jungle Fighter along with my wife.
Space Marines know no fear ... because Catachans are near.
#Comicon #London #Warhammer #Cosplay #wargaming
Space Marines know no fear ... because Catachans are near.
#Comicon #London #Warhammer #Cosplay #wargaming
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Took a break from #History to go fight for the Emperor as a #Warhammer40k Catachan Jungle Fighter along with my wife.
Space Marines know no fear ... because Catachans are near.
#Comicon #London #Warhammer #Cosplay #wargaming
Space Marines know no fear ... because Catachans are near.
#Comicon #London #Warhammer #Cosplay #wargaming
A massive #blackhistorymonth win! Only 2 weeks ago at Apsley House me, @graemecallister.bsky.social & M Rayner talked about the 9 black British soldiers of Waterloo & using this image, noting it was unidentified, and now know! @theguardian.com
Thomas James, 13th Light Dragoons!
Thomas James, 13th Light Dragoons!
London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting
‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A massive #blackhistorymonth win! Only 2 weeks ago at Apsley House me, @graemecallister.bsky.social & M Rayner talked about the 9 black British soldiers of Waterloo & using this image, noting it was unidentified, and now know! @theguardian.com
Thomas James, 13th Light Dragoons!
Thomas James, 13th Light Dragoons!
Very happy to be in that line up! #History
Did you know that the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth in October?
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Very happy to be in that line up! #History
Happy #Trafalgar day! Part of nearly all art of the death of Lord #Nelson is a great reminder the Royal Navy has always been a diverse force - a black sailor who sometimes has the honour of being the man firing at the sharpshooter who killed our hero. #History #BlackHistoryMonth
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy #Trafalgar day! Part of nearly all art of the death of Lord #Nelson is a great reminder the Royal Navy has always been a diverse force - a black sailor who sometimes has the honour of being the man firing at the sharpshooter who killed our hero. #History #BlackHistoryMonth
The 1920 #NYPD annual report, in response to the #WallStreet bombing of 16 Sept 1920, goes absolutely ham on the 'need' for secret police & a special military-trained "Riot Regiment" to combat "radicals, locally-bred bolsheviki, [and] chronic malcontents". #History
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The 1920 #NYPD annual report, in response to the #WallStreet bombing of 16 Sept 1920, goes absolutely ham on the 'need' for secret police & a special military-trained "Riot Regiment" to combat "radicals, locally-bred bolsheviki, [and] chronic malcontents". #History
Living the #military #history nerd dream with fellow historians @graemecallister.bsky.social & Michael Rayner with a huge sand table of the Battle of #Waterloo & a great tale of black history, discussing the lives of the black soldiers who fought there. Three talks, each one with a full room!
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Living the #military #history nerd dream with fellow historians @graemecallister.bsky.social & Michael Rayner with a huge sand table of the Battle of #Waterloo & a great tale of black history, discussing the lives of the black soldiers who fought there. Three talks, each one with a full room!
What a great day of history! :D
What a spectacular day of Black history revealing, Waterloo historian nerding and Hyde Park tourist herding 😁
Big thank you to @graemecallister.bsky.social @blackredcoats.bsky.social Mike Rayner, the 44th East Essex and the lovely staff at Aspley House!
#BlackHistory #Waterloo #Napoleonic
Big thank you to @graemecallister.bsky.social @blackredcoats.bsky.social Mike Rayner, the 44th East Essex and the lovely staff at Aspley House!
#BlackHistory #Waterloo #Napoleonic
October 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What a great day of history! :D
A 1/9 bust of a Colonial Marine by sculptor Nello Rieviccio (he's on Insta: nello_rivieccio_artist) - I don't know who painted it. It's great! #History #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #models #painting #sculpture
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A 1/9 bust of a Colonial Marine by sculptor Nello Rieviccio (he's on Insta: nello_rivieccio_artist) - I don't know who painted it. It's great! #History #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #models #painting #sculpture
A week to go! On 11 October 2025 come to the amazing
Apsley House in #London to see me @graemecallister.bsky.social & other historians talking throughout the day on "The Black Soldiers of #Waterloo" - #British #military & #Georgian #history from a new perspective! #London
Apsley House in #London to see me @graemecallister.bsky.social & other historians talking throughout the day on "The Black Soldiers of #Waterloo" - #British #military & #Georgian #history from a new perspective! #London
October 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
What is the legacy of the emancipation of the "Black Redcoats" by the Royal Marines into the modern era? Well, here is an absolute corker. I suspect Mr Crawford's ancestors were liberated from #Virginia before resettlement in #TrinidadandTobago #History
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What is the legacy of the emancipation of the "Black Redcoats" by the Royal Marines into the modern era? Well, here is an absolute corker. I suspect Mr Crawford's ancestors were liberated from #Virginia before resettlement in #TrinidadandTobago #History
Very happy with this pic of 3 Chinooks of the Royal Air Force passing over Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. #History #Parliament #Airpower #photography #helicopters
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Very happy with this pic of 3 Chinooks of the Royal Air Force passing over Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. #History #Parliament #Airpower #photography #helicopters
Pretty happy to have used, and perhaps coined, the alliterative "vexillological vandalism". #flags #raisethecolours
August 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Pretty happy to have used, and perhaps coined, the alliterative "vexillological vandalism". #flags #raisethecolours