Randy Browne
@randybrowne.bsky.social
Historian of Atlantic slavery & the British Caribbean | Professor | Author of THE DRIVER'S STORY: LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF ATLANTIC SLAVERY (2024) and SURVIVING SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN (2017) | randymbrowne.com
Thank god! I had been worried about them this whole time.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thank god! I had been worried about them this whole time.
Did @nytpitchbot.bsky.social write this?
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Did @nytpitchbot.bsky.social write this?
Anyone with access to Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology able to send me a PDF of this "Plantations" bibliography?
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Anyone with access to Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology able to send me a PDF of this "Plantations" bibliography?
Huh, weird! It's this I'm looking for:
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Huh, weird! It's this I'm looking for:
I'm so honored that THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social Book Prize!
Congrats to the other finalists, @daviddoddington.bsky.social and @profjennyshaw.bsky.social.
www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
Congrats to the other finalists, @daviddoddington.bsky.social and @profjennyshaw.bsky.social.
www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm so honored that THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social Book Prize!
Congrats to the other finalists, @daviddoddington.bsky.social and @profjennyshaw.bsky.social.
www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
Congrats to the other finalists, @daviddoddington.bsky.social and @profjennyshaw.bsky.social.
www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...
Gross, and it looks like OpenAI trained from 13 of my publications, including my two books.
September 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Gross, and it looks like OpenAI trained from 13 of my publications, including my two books.
Nice to come across this very positive review of my book in the Journal of Southern History. muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nice to come across this very positive review of my book in the Journal of Southern History. muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
Yet another reason the shift to AI everything is not going smoothly. @unitedairlinesual.bsky.social chatbot thinks that Managua (capital of Nicaragua) is part of Costa Rica.
June 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yet another reason the shift to AI everything is not going smoothly. @unitedairlinesual.bsky.social chatbot thinks that Managua (capital of Nicaragua) is part of Costa Rica.
THE DRIVER'S STORY (@pennpress.bsky.social) has won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for World History. 🎉
May 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
THE DRIVER'S STORY (@pennpress.bsky.social) has won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for World History. 🎉
Good mail day over here
April 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Good mail day over here
Good news to share: my THE DRIVER'S STORY (@pennpress.bsky.social, 2024) has received the 2025 Senior Scholar Publication Award from the Ohio Academy of History.
February 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good news to share: my THE DRIVER'S STORY (@pennpress.bsky.social, 2024) has received the 2025 Senior Scholar Publication Award from the Ohio Academy of History.
Thanks to Clifton E. Sorrell, III, for this generous review of THE DRIVERS'S STORY, which he calls "a critical intervention that deepens our understanding of the entangled dynamics of power, resistance, and survival in Atlantic slavery.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thanks to Clifton E. Sorrell, III, for this generous review of THE DRIVERS'S STORY, which he calls "a critical intervention that deepens our understanding of the entangled dynamics of power, resistance, and survival in Atlantic slavery.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A few lovely photos a mutual friend shared -- UWI Mona History Department in 1987, and Sir Roy w/ Swithin Wilmot at Roy's centenary luncheon last month.
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A few lovely photos a mutual friend shared -- UWI Mona History Department in 1987, and Sir Roy w/ Swithin Wilmot at Roy's centenary luncheon last month.
I'm grateful for Marlene Daut's thoughtful review for CHOICE of my THE DRIVER'S STORY, which she deems "highly recommended." www-choicereviews-org.xavier.idm.oclc.org/review/10.58...
January 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm grateful for Marlene Daut's thoughtful review for CHOICE of my THE DRIVER'S STORY, which she deems "highly recommended." www-choicereviews-org.xavier.idm.oclc.org/review/10.58...
Visiting my book at the @pennpress.bsky.social AHA booth with my truly outstanding editor, Bob Lockhart.
January 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Visiting my book at the @pennpress.bsky.social AHA booth with my truly outstanding editor, Bob Lockhart.
Anyone w/ access to the Hispanic American Historical Review able to send me a PDF of this review? My university doesn't subscribe to it.
January 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Anyone w/ access to the Hispanic American Historical Review able to send me a PDF of this review? My university doesn't subscribe to it.
I finished reading @araujohistorian.bsky.social's HUMANS IN SHACKLES earlier this week and highly recommend it. In my view, it's the single best overview of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas, with so much to offer newcomers/students and specialists alike.
December 20, 2024 at 5:39 PM
I finished reading @araujohistorian.bsky.social's HUMANS IN SHACKLES earlier this week and highly recommend it. In my view, it's the single best overview of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas, with so much to offer newcomers/students and specialists alike.
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Upcoming book events for THE DRIVER'S STORY (details here, too: www.randymbrowne.com/news-events)
December 12, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Upcoming book events for THE DRIVER'S STORY (details here, too: www.randymbrowne.com/news-events)
Check out the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social 2024-2025 Book Club lineup. www.slaveryarchive.com/book-club/20...
December 7, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Check out the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social 2024-2025 Book Club lineup. www.slaveryarchive.com/book-club/20...
Thoughtful review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in Labour History Review by Siân Davies, who concludes: "The Driver’s Story enriches our understanding of the plantation regime and the complexity and nuances of enslaved labourers’ struggles for survival."
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
December 5, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Thoughtful review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in Labour History Review by Siân Davies, who concludes: "The Driver’s Story enriches our understanding of the plantation regime and the complexity and nuances of enslaved labourers’ struggles for survival."
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
Who else will be at AHA next year? I'm ooking forward to it, incl. this panel on new books in Atlantic slavery, w/ Christopher Brown, @araujohistorian.bsky.social, @maryhicks.bsky.social, @sethrockman.bsky.social, and Anne Ruderman.
aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Who else will be at AHA next year? I'm ooking forward to it, incl. this panel on new books in Atlantic slavery, w/ Christopher Brown, @araujohistorian.bsky.social, @maryhicks.bsky.social, @sethrockman.bsky.social, and Anne Ruderman.
aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...
Meet Mr. Waternoose, our new foster dog. Very chill guy, tolerated a bath yesterday, been decompressing at some since then, enjoying life outside the shelter. 10/10, will be happy but sad to see him find his forever home.
November 12, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Meet Mr. Waternoose, our new foster dog. Very chill guy, tolerated a bath yesterday, been decompressing at some since then, enjoying life outside the shelter. 10/10, will be happy but sad to see him find his forever home.