Colloquium with Mary Hicks: 'Africa/Brazil: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery'

Colloquium with Mary Hicks: 'Africa/Brazil: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery'

Mary Hicks is an Assistant Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College, her current research examines the maritime dimensions of the African Diaspora, with a particular focus on eighteenth and early nineteenth century colonial Brazil. She explores how the seafaring activities of enslaved Africans and creoles shaped the…

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