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Rarely have I been so disappointed in a historian that I held in high regard as by Jeremy Black’s Slavery . A New Global History . There a...

Quite some time since I last picked up the paintbrush, but I cleared up some space on a table so I can leave it where it is and have a good ...

British Forces in the West Indies 1793-1815 by René Chartrand My rating: 3 of 5 stars Overview of British forces in the West Indies...

Napoleon's Overseas Army by René Chartrand My rating: 3 of 5 stars Broad description of the dress and actions of French colonia...

In the mail the long awaited : Some nice French & Indian Wars minis as well: Coureurs du Bois and Indians Maroons, revolting ...

On the 1st of July 1863 (the same day that gun fire opened around the town of Gettysburg ) cannon fired from the capitals of the Dutch...

To get an impression of how important the Dutch colonies were in the Caribbean, let's look at the most important staple crop of the regi...

Okay, so how many slaves were there in Surinam and on the Dutch Antilles? First, let's look at the number of slaves coming in to the D...

This is a bit that I didn't put in next Monday's article, partially because not all of this data is from a source I could use, and p...

Working on a short article with stats about the abolition of slavery in the Dutch West Indies, 150 years ago next Monday. It will be publis...

When my interest was raised in slavery at university, I also learned about the maroons (called bosnegers in Dutch controlled Surinam). Thes...

Jumped into the subject of slavery over the last couple of days, because coming July 1 it will be 150 years since slavery was abolished in t...