The Hidden Treasures of Pirate Democracy
In his final book, David Graeber looks at at an experiment in radical democracy and piratical justice in Madagascar.
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In his final book, David Graeber looks at at an experiment in radical democracy and piratical justice in Madagascar.
Crystal Williams will be the next president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
In “The Common Wind,” he linked the Haitian Revolution to the spread of ideas by word of mouth as sailors and enslaved people navigated Atlantic commerce.
<p>“As a young African-American, I noticed other Black athletes from Africa, the Caribbean and South America, and I thought about their relationship to Afro-North Americans, and what were some of the important vehicles of communication between Black people in different parts of the Americas."</p>
A groundbreaking scholar of slavery and Atlantic history