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Origins: Slave Trade, The Caribbean, and South Carolina
Harvard professor Vincent Brown, author of several books — including the award-winning Tacky’s Revolt — examines the role of the Atlantic slave trade and the Caribbean in the origins of American independence. Focusing on the economic and political connections between the Caribbean and South Carolina, Brown will explore how fears of imperial reform, the resistance of enslaved people, and colonial instability influenced revolutionary thought and tied the American Revolution to the broader history of slavery and empire in the Atlantic world. The presentation will be followed by a conversation moderated by Malika Pryor-Martin, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the International African American Museum.
*** Books will be available for purchase at Dock Street Theatre thanks to our onsite pop-up bookstore by Buxton Books. There will be a book signing following the program. ***
Featured Speaker: Vince Brown
Vincent Brown is a Charles Warren Professor of American History and a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2008) and Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (Belknap Press, 2020), and he is producer of Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009), an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens, and the short video series The Bigger Picture (2022) for PBS Digital Studios.
Harvard professor Vincent Brown, author of several books — including the award-winning Tacky’s Revolt — examines the role of the Atlantic slave trade and the Caribbean in the origins of American independence. Focusing on the economic and political connections between the Caribbean and South Carolina, Brown will explore how fears of imperial reform, the resistance of enslaved people, and colonial instability influenced revolutionary thought and tied the American Revolution to the broader history of slavery and empire in the Atlantic world. The presentation will be followed by a conversation moderated by Malika Pryor-Martin, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the International African American Museum.
*** Books will be available for purchase at Dock Street Theatre thanks to our onsite pop-up bookstore by Buxton Books. There will be a book signing following the program. ***
Featured Speaker: Vince Brown
Vincent Brown is a Charles Warren Professor of American History and a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2008) and Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (Belknap Press, 2020), and he is producer of Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009), an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens, and the short video series The Bigger Picture (2022) for PBS Digital Studios.
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