Hampton Smith
@hampton-smith.bsky.social
writing — making against slavery: a material history of abolition in the early united states
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Hampton Smith
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· Nov 26
Insurgent Tooling and the Collective Making of Slave Revolts
Hampton Smith Sometime in the spring of 1800, enslaved tobacco cutters in Henrico County, Virginia, brought their scythes to one of Brookfield plantation’s blacksmiths, Solomon Prosser, for sharpening...
www.journal18.org
ok trying this: pleased to share the first bit of my dissertation!
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
Resharing as I’m rewriting some of this chapter, and because conspiracy and violence remain… top of mind and hand
ok trying this: pleased to share the first bit of my dissertation!
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
Insurgent Tooling and the Collective Making of Slave Revolts
Hampton Smith Sometime in the spring of 1800, enslaved tobacco cutters in Henrico County, Virginia, brought their scythes to one of Brookfield plantation’s blacksmiths, Solomon Prosser, for sharpening...
www.journal18.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Resharing as I’m rewriting some of this chapter, and because conspiracy and violence remain… top of mind and hand
repeat after me: people are more important than photographs of people.
April 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
repeat after me: people are more important than photographs of people.
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“Behold the new Sun King, a wannabe emperor who views his powers as absolute — who governs by executive order, and has been recorded giggling in his gilded chamber with Salvadoran autocrat Nayib Bukele ... God save us from the king.”
My latest in WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
My latest in WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | The new Sun King
Donald Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned and un-American.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Behold the new Sun King, a wannabe emperor who views his powers as absolute — who governs by executive order, and has been recorded giggling in his gilded chamber with Salvadoran autocrat Nayib Bukele ... God save us from the king.”
My latest in WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
My latest in WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
As someone who was (going) to participate in this program, this is heartbreaking news.
So my colleagues just received a cancellation notice from the NEH for this program. They’ve already spent months and $ organizing this. If you have a moment to call your representative and complain about this, we’d appreciate it. Literally about how to save LA history from disappearing underwater.
Please share widely with your networks that applications are open for Bvlbancha Rising: Louisiana Coastal Landmarks Imperiled by Climate Change, a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and
Culture program hosted by Tulane University, New Orleans, to be held June 2025!
Culture program hosted by Tulane University, New Orleans, to be held June 2025!
April 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As someone who was (going) to participate in this program, this is heartbreaking news.
book/print history folks: what are your favorite texts on the environmental/material/political history of paper (specifically 20th century paper from trees)?
March 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
book/print history folks: what are your favorite texts on the environmental/material/political history of paper (specifically 20th century paper from trees)?
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Material Intelligence has released a new issue on 🪶feathers🪶 — from feathered baskets and quills to beds and hats!
(I wrote about sandpaper for their sand issue a few months ago :)
www.materialintelligencemag.org
(I wrote about sandpaper for their sand issue a few months ago :)
www.materialintelligencemag.org
January 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Material Intelligence has released a new issue on 🪶feathers🪶 — from feathered baskets and quills to beds and hats!
(I wrote about sandpaper for their sand issue a few months ago :)
www.materialintelligencemag.org
(I wrote about sandpaper for their sand issue a few months ago :)
www.materialintelligencemag.org
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New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social -
Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe: Bodies, Gender, & Material Culture
Ed. @sarahabendall.bsky.social & @serenadyer.bsky.social
aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Read the intro (no paywall!) here: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...
Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe: Bodies, Gender, & Material Culture
Ed. @sarahabendall.bsky.social & @serenadyer.bsky.social
aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Read the intro (no paywall!) here: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...
December 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social -
Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe: Bodies, Gender, & Material Culture
Ed. @sarahabendall.bsky.social & @serenadyer.bsky.social
aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Read the intro (no paywall!) here: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...
Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe: Bodies, Gender, & Material Culture
Ed. @sarahabendall.bsky.social & @serenadyer.bsky.social
aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Read the intro (no paywall!) here: assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7...
does anyone else feel there’s shift in how folks are discussing the archive? i’ve started noticing the use of archival “abundance” instead of absences and silences with frequency.
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
does anyone else feel there’s shift in how folks are discussing the archive? i’ve started noticing the use of archival “abundance” instead of absences and silences with frequency.
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“Crafting Freedom: Race and Social Mobility among Free Artisans of Color in Cartagena and Charleston,” Atlantic Studies (2017). www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
“Crafting Freedom: Race and Social Mobility among Free Artisans of Color in Cartagena and Charleston,” Atlantic Studies (2017). www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
ok trying this: pleased to share the first bit of my dissertation!
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
Insurgent Tooling and the Collective Making of Slave Revolts
Hampton Smith Sometime in the spring of 1800, enslaved tobacco cutters in Henrico County, Virginia, brought their scythes to one of Brookfield plantation’s blacksmiths, Solomon Prosser, for sharpening...
www.journal18.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
ok trying this: pleased to share the first bit of my dissertation!
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
“Insurgent tooling and the collective making of slave revolts”
hi all, i’m new here: my name is hampton, i’m working on a dissertation about artisanal knowledge and abolition, particularly in the United States.
some of my writing can be found at my website:
hamptondessmith.com
some of my writing can be found at my website:
hamptondessmith.com
Hampton Smith
hamptondessmith.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM
hi all, i’m new here: my name is hampton, i’m working on a dissertation about artisanal knowledge and abolition, particularly in the United States.
some of my writing can be found at my website:
hamptondessmith.com
some of my writing can be found at my website:
hamptondessmith.com