Julia Gaffield, PhD
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
Historian (she/her)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/
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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
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The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
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PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.
Public Picks 2025 - Public Books
What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?
www.publicbooks.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.
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My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Holiday book recommendations from Bertrhude Albert over on IG! 😄
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Holiday book recommendations from Bertrhude Albert over on IG! 😄
Holiday book recommendations from Bertrhude Albert over on IG! 😄
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Holiday book recommendations from Bertrhude Albert over on IG! 😄
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From the moment the United States sprang into being, revolutionaries have looked to the country as a potential ally across shared values, and we’ve been pretty consistent in demonstrating that those values were meant didn’t extend to people who weren’t white at least historically.
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From the moment the United States sprang into being, revolutionaries have looked to the country as a potential ally across shared values, and we’ve been pretty consistent in demonstrating that those values were meant didn’t extend to people who weren’t white at least historically.
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Thanks for tagging, Rachel!
I wrote a piece on the why's and how's of finding an agent ages ago (TEN years - how is that possible?) but I still stand by its advice:
megankatenelson.com/historistas-...
I wrote a piece on the why's and how's of finding an agent ages ago (TEN years - how is that possible?) but I still stand by its advice:
megankatenelson.com/historistas-...
Historista’s Guide to the Writing Life, Part I: Why and How to Find an Agent – Megan Kate Nelson
megankatenelson.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thanks for tagging, Rachel!
I wrote a piece on the why's and how's of finding an agent ages ago (TEN years - how is that possible?) but I still stand by its advice:
megankatenelson.com/historistas-...
I wrote a piece on the why's and how's of finding an agent ages ago (TEN years - how is that possible?) but I still stand by its advice:
megankatenelson.com/historistas-...
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Worth your time. As a two-time graduate of Cal State, this is a powerful account.
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Worth your time. As a two-time graduate of Cal State, this is a powerful account.
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*How your email finds me*
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Kitchens on fire off the oil in the ovens. I watched tokens glitter in the dark near the skeeball grate. All those moments will be lost in time, like pizzas in rain. Time to die.
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
*How your email finds me*
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(2/2)
The New Nuclear Age by @nktpnd.bsky.social
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by @seamas.bsky.social
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by @nicsigni.bsky.social
I Have Avenged America by @juliagaffield.bsky.social
All recommended (and great gifts if you’re looking).
The New Nuclear Age by @nktpnd.bsky.social
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by @seamas.bsky.social
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by @nicsigni.bsky.social
I Have Avenged America by @juliagaffield.bsky.social
All recommended (and great gifts if you’re looking).
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
(2/2)
The New Nuclear Age by @nktpnd.bsky.social
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by @seamas.bsky.social
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by @nicsigni.bsky.social
I Have Avenged America by @juliagaffield.bsky.social
All recommended (and great gifts if you’re looking).
The New Nuclear Age by @nktpnd.bsky.social
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by @seamas.bsky.social
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by @nicsigni.bsky.social
I Have Avenged America by @juliagaffield.bsky.social
All recommended (and great gifts if you’re looking).
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I think it's important to say every time that Americans have been frightened of Black Haitians since the Haitian Revolution succeeded because the Haitian fight for freedom inspired enslaved people across the Americas and showed colonizer slaveholders that sometimes we win. They're still scared.
DHS has announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think it's important to say every time that Americans have been frightened of Black Haitians since the Haitian Revolution succeeded because the Haitian fight for freedom inspired enslaved people across the Americas and showed colonizer slaveholders that sometimes we win. They're still scared.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We're at the American Studies Association! Enjoy 30% off select titles through February 21st. View the full list of titles here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/ASA25/
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I hope Haiti wins the World Cup
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I hope Haiti wins the World Cup
“222 years ago today, Jean-Jacques Dessalines led Haitian forces into the Battle of Vertières, where they defeated the French and gained independence.” ⚽🇭🇹
"Let's go to Haiti, and how history repeats itself."
This moment last night on Paramount+'s Golazo Show
narrating the November 18, 1803 Battle of Vertières and connecting it to Haiti's qualification for the World Cup was perhaps my favorite moment of sporting commentary ever.
This moment last night on Paramount+'s Golazo Show
narrating the November 18, 1803 Battle of Vertières and connecting it to Haiti's qualification for the World Cup was perhaps my favorite moment of sporting commentary ever.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“222 years ago today, Jean-Jacques Dessalines led Haitian forces into the Battle of Vertières, where they defeated the French and gained independence.” ⚽🇭🇹
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man we should bring back the pamphlet
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
man we should bring back the pamphlet
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
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HAITI QUALIFY FOR THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN 50 YEARS 😤🇭🇹
WHAT A STORY ❤️
WHAT A STORY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
HAITI QUALIFY FOR THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN 50 YEARS 😤🇭🇹
WHAT A STORY ❤️
WHAT A STORY ❤️
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HAITI IS GOING TO THE WORLD CUP!!!! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
HAITI IS GOING TO THE WORLD CUP!!!! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
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Haiti is 5 minutes away from qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since the 70s
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Haiti is 5 minutes away from qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since the 70s
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HAITI ARE ROLLING OVER NICARAGUA 🔥
Doing everything they can to qualify for the World Cup 👊
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on
@paramountplus
📺
Doing everything they can to qualify for the World Cup 👊
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on
@paramountplus
📺
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
HAITI ARE ROLLING OVER NICARAGUA 🔥
Doing everything they can to qualify for the World Cup 👊
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on
@paramountplus
📺
Doing everything they can to qualify for the World Cup 👊
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on
@paramountplus
📺
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Haiti is up 2-0 on Nicaragua in their final World Cup qualifying match.
If they win and Honduras remain tied with Costa Rica as they are at halftime, Haiti would qualify.
Haiti hasn’t been in the World Cup since 1974.
If they win and Honduras remain tied with Costa Rica as they are at halftime, Haiti would qualify.
Haiti hasn’t been in the World Cup since 1974.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Haiti is up 2-0 on Nicaragua in their final World Cup qualifying match.
If they win and Honduras remain tied with Costa Rica as they are at halftime, Haiti would qualify.
Haiti hasn’t been in the World Cup since 1974.
If they win and Honduras remain tied with Costa Rica as they are at halftime, Haiti would qualify.
Haiti hasn’t been in the World Cup since 1974.
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DON LOUICIUS WITH THE INCREDIBLE SOLO EFFORT FOR HAITI 🔥
The @FCDallas man has Haiti into the World Cup as it stands 😱
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on @paramount+ 📺
The @FCDallas man has Haiti into the World Cup as it stands 😱
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on @paramount+ 📺
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
DON LOUICIUS WITH THE INCREDIBLE SOLO EFFORT FOR HAITI 🔥
The @FCDallas man has Haiti into the World Cup as it stands 😱
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on @paramount+ 📺
The @FCDallas man has Haiti into the World Cup as it stands 😱
Catch EVERY GOAL from the final matchday of Concacaf World Cup qualifiers on the Golazo Show on @paramount+ 📺
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If Haiti makes the World Cup tonight I’ll start watching soccer for real
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
If Haiti makes the World Cup tonight I’ll start watching soccer for real