Greg O’Malley
@gogogomalley.bsky.social
Historian of colonial America, the Caribbean, and slavery. Professor at UCSC. Lover of cooking, sporting, mountains, and indie bands. Mischievous uncle.
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Alan Taylor: "By turns tragic, picaresque, & inspiring, The Escapes of David George illuminates the daunting chains of American slavery and the resolve of courageous people to break them. O'Malley deftly explores the interplay of freedom and slavery in a time of revolution."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Alan Taylor: "By turns tragic, picaresque, & inspiring, The Escapes of David George illuminates the daunting chains of American slavery and the resolve of courageous people to break them. O'Malley deftly explores the interplay of freedom and slavery in a time of revolution."
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@wcaleb.org: "Where on earth, could a Black man in eighteenth-century America go to be free? With his award-winning ability to narrate histories of slavery, between the local & the global, ... the material & the spiritual, Greg O’Malley is an expert guide through George’s Atlantic world.”
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October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@wcaleb.org: "Where on earth, could a Black man in eighteenth-century America go to be free? With his award-winning ability to narrate histories of slavery, between the local & the global, ... the material & the spiritual, Greg O’Malley is an expert guide through George’s Atlantic world.”
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard/PBS: "Gregory E. O’Malley’s The Escapes of David George is a gripping, novelistic study of the remarkable man whose life forces all of us to reexamine the realities of colonial slavery and the conflicted legacies of the American Revolution."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard/PBS: "Gregory E. O’Malley’s The Escapes of David George is a gripping, novelistic study of the remarkable man whose life forces all of us to reexamine the realities of colonial slavery and the conflicted legacies of the American Revolution."
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Jennifer L. Morgan, NYU: "If you read only one book on the American Revolution--this should be it. O'Malley's riveting history reframes the concepts of liberty & freedom in ways that are profoundly important as we mark the 250th anniversary of the War for American Independence."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Jennifer L. Morgan, NYU: "If you read only one book on the American Revolution--this should be it. O'Malley's riveting history reframes the concepts of liberty & freedom in ways that are profoundly important as we mark the 250th anniversary of the War for American Independence."
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Maybe a hybrid clone?
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Maybe a hybrid clone?
And by the way, I'm super eager to get out and give talks about the new book! Hit me up!!
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And by the way, I'm super eager to get out and give talks about the new book! Hit me up!!
Alan Taylor: "By turns tragic, picaresque, & inspiring, The Escapes of David George illuminates the daunting chains of American slavery and the resolve of courageous people to break them. O'Malley deftly explores the interplay of freedom and slavery in a time of revolution."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Alan Taylor: "By turns tragic, picaresque, & inspiring, The Escapes of David George illuminates the daunting chains of American slavery and the resolve of courageous people to break them. O'Malley deftly explores the interplay of freedom and slavery in a time of revolution."
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@wcaleb.org: "Where on earth, could a Black man in eighteenth-century America go to be free? With his award-winning ability to narrate histories of slavery, between the local & the global, ... the material & the spiritual, Greg O’Malley is an expert guide through George’s Atlantic world.”
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October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@wcaleb.org: "Where on earth, could a Black man in eighteenth-century America go to be free? With his award-winning ability to narrate histories of slavery, between the local & the global, ... the material & the spiritual, Greg O’Malley is an expert guide through George’s Atlantic world.”
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard/PBS: "Gregory E. O’Malley’s The Escapes of David George is a gripping, novelistic study of the remarkable man whose life forces all of us to reexamine the realities of colonial slavery and the conflicted legacies of the American Revolution."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard/PBS: "Gregory E. O’Malley’s The Escapes of David George is a gripping, novelistic study of the remarkable man whose life forces all of us to reexamine the realities of colonial slavery and the conflicted legacies of the American Revolution."
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Jennifer L. Morgan, NYU: "If you read only one book on the American Revolution--this should be it. O'Malley's riveting history reframes the concepts of liberty & freedom in ways that are profoundly important as we mark the 250th anniversary of the War for American Independence."
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October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Jennifer L. Morgan, NYU: "If you read only one book on the American Revolution--this should be it. O'Malley's riveting history reframes the concepts of liberty & freedom in ways that are profoundly important as we mark the 250th anniversary of the War for American Independence."
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