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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 23h

Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/

Striking cover of a painting of Dessalines for the book "I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jaques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom" by Julia Gaffield

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 20h

🎯🧵"I now understand after reading this book why enslavers feared any free Black men, whether from foreign or domestic ships, intermixing with their enslaved population."

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 23h

Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 21h

Ahhhh!! Thank you @unlawfulentries.bsky.social!!! 🙌 I'm so grateful for this review!

Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 23h

Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/

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vladimir.theatl.social @vladimir.theatl.social · 7d

@juliagaffield.bsky.social wow what an intro for a biography

a book flipped open to the introduction, heading "My name has become a horror to all those who want slavery"

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 13d

Come hang out with Marlene Daut, Olive Senior, Chantalle Verna, and me at the @miamibookfair.bsky.social in November! #ReadCaribbean #MiamiBookFair

Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 14d

Don't miss Julia Gaffield, author of I Have Avenged America, at a panel on revolutionary figures and marginalized voices with the Miami Book Fair on November 22nd!

RECLAIMING HISTORY: POWER, RESISTANCE & CULTURAL MEMORY – FICTION & NONFICTION - Miami Book Fair

Join us for a conversation about revolutionary figures and marginalized voices. In The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, Marlene Daut explores a riveting life of a man who was born enslaved and eventually crowned himself King Henry I. This essential biography unravels the enigma of the man who was Haiti’s only sovereign, ... Read More

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 14d

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 21d

absolute dream job for the right person

Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

Nope!

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

My interim editorship is over at the end of the academic year and we are hiring a permanent editor of the WMQ! Please share widely!

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Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

🤣 A three-year interim position is unusual... so it's a fair mistake! Thanks for your concern!!

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

I am just the interim editor! The plan was never for me to be the permanent editor!

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

I'm very grateful for this article on my book "I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom" in the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste! @yalepress.bsky.social
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Quand Julia Gaffield fait le portrait de Jean-Jacques Dessalines et de son leg de liberté ...

Julia Gaffield, professeur agrégé d'histoire à William & Mary, à travers “AVENGED AMERICA …JEAN JACQUES DESSALINES and Haiti's Fight for Freedom”, 340 pages, publié par Yale University Press, a fait p...

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Eric Beckman @erbeckman.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day! By happy coincidence I finished @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's excellent book today, learning the significance of October 17 in the process.

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History by Marlene Daut 🇭🇹
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Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History

After waging a thirteen-year revolution against slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, the island’s Black freedom fighters declared their independence on January 1, 1804. In the country’s …

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

Hopefully!!

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 22d

Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly

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Editor of William and Mary Quarterly

Job Requisition: JR100984 Editor of William and Mary Quarterly (Open) Job Posting Title: Editor of William and Mary Quarterly Department: CC00007 WM001 | PRES | OIEAHC - Omohundro Institute Job Family...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 27d

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first post-independence ruler, was not just a violent revolutionary, but a leader who dedicated himself to eliminating slavery and fighting for freedom at great personal cost. A new biography by @juliagaffield.bsky.social offers a full portrait.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

Historian Julia Gaffield discusses her recent biography on Haiti’s first leader, whose life she argues was unfairly tarnished by biased verdicts of history.

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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · Oct 7

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

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Terra Nova

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · Oct 6

Explore this reading list of ten Yale books for Black History Month 2025 featuring books on Britain’s first black Olympic medal winner, the first and last king of Haiti, Regency London’s most famous street performer and more.
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Black History Month Reading List - Yale University Press London

Explore this reading list of ten Yale books for Black History Month 2025 featuring books on Britain's first black Olympic medal winner, the first and last king of Haiti, Regency London's most famous s...

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · Oct 6

Haitian archivist Patrick Tardieu on Haiti's historic documents in the archives in London:
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Un séjour aux Archives de Londres

Conservateur de la Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Spiritains, j’accueillais régulièrement des étudiants et des chercheurs.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Sep 26

Launching my new seminar on Saint-Domingue and the world of the Haitian Revolution—looking fwd to discussing excellent works, esp. new books by Marlene Daut, @juliagaffield.bsky.social, and @malickghachem.bsky.social.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Sep 25

When Jefferson trashed Wheatley’s book, he hadn’t yet published a book of his own. I think about that sometimes.

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · Sep 20

In 1903, the Haitian historian Jules Rosemond argued in preparation for the centenary of Haitian independence that Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born on September 20, 1758, and today we commemorate the life of this leader of the Haitian Revolution.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Sep 18

LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author @briannanofil.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org’s Throughline podcast about the history of migrant detention in the US:

The Business of Migrant Detention : Throughline

The U.S. immigration detention system is spread out across federal facilities, private prisons, state prisons, and county jails. It’s grown under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And it’s…

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