Gad Heuman
gadheuman.bsky.social
Gad Heuman
@gadheuman.bsky.social
Historian of the Caribbean, slavery, emancipation. Professor Emeritus, Warwick Univ. Author: Between Black and White; The Killing Time; The Caribbean. Editor, Slavery & Abolition
Our next Caribbean webinar @UCLAmericas is TODAY, the 12th, at 5:30 pm:

Book Launch: Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World (Presenter: Steve Cushion)

To register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Book Launch: Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World by Dr Steve Cushion
Taking a class analysis, he links the histories of capitalists and workers in Britain and the Caribbean, tracing the dynamics of profit-seeking & exploitation on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our next Caribbean webinar @UCLAmericas is next Wednesday, the 12th at 5:30 pm:

Book Launch: Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World
(Presenter: Steve Cushion)

To register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Book Launch: Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World by Dr Steve Cushion
Taking a class analysis, he links the histories of capitalists and workers in Britain and the Caribbean, tracing the dynamics of profit-seeking & exploitation on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our next Caribbean webinar @UCLAmericas is TOMORROW, the 22nd at 5:30 pm:

Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
(Presenter: Camillia Cowling)

To register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New article in Slavery & Abolition online and @RoutledgeHist:

Horatio Gates and the Question of Slavery in the Revolutionary Era
(Author: Kieran J. O’Keefe)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Horatio Gates and the Question of Slavery in the Revolutionary Era
This article looks at General Horatio Gates’ relationship to slavery. Although born in England, Gates moved to Virgina in 1772, where he purchased a plantation and enslaved labourers. As a general ...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our next Caribbean webinar @UCLAmericas is next Wednesday, the 22nd at 5:30 pm:

Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
(Presenter: Camillia Cowling)

To register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our next Caribbean webinar @UCLAmericas is Wednesday, the 22nd at 5:30 pm:

Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
(Presenter: Camillia Cowling)

To register:
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Bound Journeys, Freedom Places: Slavery, Movement, Place, and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Join Dr Camillia Cowing, University of Warwick, to discuss how a new slave society was forged in Cuba’s nineteenth century through a bitter, transformational set of struggles.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The September issue of Slavery & Abolition is a Special Issue:

Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present
Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling & Esteban Salas

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...
Slavery & Abolition
Special Issue: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present. Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling, and Esteban Salas. Volume 46, Issue 3 of Slavery & Abolition
www.tandfonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New article in Slavery & Abolition online and @RoutledgeHist:

A Coromantee from Dahomey? On the Meaning of ‘Dorme’ in Jamaica and the West African Origins of Apongo, an Enslaved Rebel Leader
(Author: Devin Leigh)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Gad Heuman
'The publishers...found that less than 25% of authors disclosed their use of AI to prepare manuscripts, despite the publisher mandating disclosure for submission.'
AI tool detects LLM-generated text in research papers and peer reviews
Authors and peer reviewers are failing to disclose the use of LLMs despite journal policies limiting their use.
www.nature.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New article in Slavery & Abolition online and@RoutledgeHist:

Bombazelle’s Flight: Slavery, Gender, and Racial Identity in the Post-Removal United States South
(Author: Justin Isaac Roger)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bombazelle’s Flight: Slavery, Gender, and Racial Identity in the Post-Removal United States South
Recent studies have revised narratives about slavery and freedom in the aftermath of Indigenous Southerners’ dispossession in the United States during the nineteenth century. Black Indigenous peopl...
www.tandfonline.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM