Carrie Gibson

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“It took so much violence to keep slavery in place for 400 years.” A Conversation with Carrie Gibson.

“It took so much violence to keep slavery in place for 400 years": A Conversation with @carriegibson.bsky.social michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/it-took-so...

In Munich Marco Rubio praised the ‘Western’ tradition of rule of law. Two lessons that he & Trump’s administration could learn about that today. From S. Korea: imprison presidents who flout the constitution. From UK: no one is above the law.

Can't wait!! 📚🍸

A flyer for the Tucson Festival of books, March 14-15, University of Arizona Campus, with me Carrie Gibson

Less than a month to go until the Tucson Festival of Books ❤️So excited for conversations with @renatakeller.bsky.social @tomzoellner.bsky.social and @calebgayle.bsky.social Also looking forward to hearing @mkn.bsky.social Check out the schedule here: tinyurl.com/nhkj2xmp

I go a little into the historiographical deep weeds here, but why not? My latest newsletter: carriegibson.co.uk/2026/02/18/c...

The Great Resistance by Carrie Gibson review – a panoramic account of the fight to end slavery An ambitious chronicle spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas

"A panoramic account of the fight to end slavery."

Fantastic review of THE GREAT RESISTANCE by @carriegibson.bsky.social in @theguardian.com!

A book on a table outside with the title, The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas by Carrie Gibson. There is a man running with a gun on the cover. Behind the book is a bush and a blue sky with some clouds.

A screen grab of a Guardian review with the headline: The Great Resistance by Carrie Gibson review – a panoramic account of the fight to end slavery. An ambitions chronicle spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas. The article is illustrated by a still of enslaved people in a cotton field taken from the film 12 Years a Slave.

🚨UK friends, The Great Resistance is finally out TODAY in Britain (+ Commonwealth). Get your copies now! 📚 ❤️ #booksky #skystorians Or, if you prefer to listen, the audio version awaits your ears! 🎧 basicbooks.uk/titles/carri...

If you would like to learn more about the long and complex history of Puerto Rico and the United States in the context of Bad Bunny's wonderful Halftime show, please consider a read of my 2019 book, When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico.

Yes!! Lots to catch up on! I'll message you!

A copy of a book with the title: The Great Resistance: The 400- Year Fight to End Slavey in the Americas. By Carrie Gibson. The book is set on an outdoor table with a hedge and blue sky behind it.

Just a friendly reminder for any UK/Commonwealth-based #blueskis, #historians, or book-lovers on 📚💙 #booksky that The Great Resistance will be in bookshops from 12 February ❤️

Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.

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We're on a panel together!! 🙌 Can't wait!

Oh wow, I got the double! 😆 Both fabulous places. Enjoy!

1/10. Tory peer Daniel Hannan has posted a potted history of slavery that demonstrates how historical understanding is being twisted by politicians. I’ll examine it in light of historians’ research.

Antigua? Runner-up guess: St Kitts.

Very happy to have received my copy of @carriegibson.bsky.social's The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas and looking forward to having her as a guest on @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social in a few weeks to discuss it!

‘Unjust and inhuman’: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade In this adapted extract from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met wi...

In this adapted excerpt from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met with silence. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!

Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE

I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The British Crown Enslaved Thousands at the Height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. New Research Reveals Their Stories A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its cruelties

Here's a sneak peek at a tiny slice of the research included in my new book, THE CROWN'S SILENCE (available for pre-order now and out tomorrow, 1/27)!!! @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky #slaveryarchive
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years

Ignore the inevitable, instinctive, ad hominem, knee jerk hostility to a book on slavery and the monarchy in the right wing press. This is a better glimpse of @brookenewman.bsky.social’s new book:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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A sign with writing in Chinese and a translation that reads 'do not visit hubbub of civilisation', illustrated with four people, two of whom have megaphones as heads and two others with normal heads and their fingers in their ears.

This speaks to me.

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'In their ambitious histories of slave resistance, Gibson and Hazareesingh are working in the tradition of Aponte, offering a new intellectual and political perspective on the emergence of freedom in the modern world.' Delighted by this generous review from @soccerpolitics.bsky.social ❤️

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How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class If all the fears of white planters could have been bundled up into one person, he might have been Makandal: An African. A healer. An herbalist who had a way with poisonous plants. A maroon. Even hi…

Try before you buy! Read an extract from The Great Resistance in Lit Hub: lithub.com/how-the-ensl...

Ultimately, what became clear was that there was no one way to freedom, except that it could not be limited to a single group of people. Freedom had to be for everyone, otherwise it was a lie. 

🚨The Great Resistance is officially out in the US. Many thanks to everyone who followed along with my chapter snippets and photos over the past 35 days. Now you can read the whole book! And I hope it can serve as a useful reminder of the power of people to end seemingly intractable problems. ❤️

‘There’s this whole other story’: inside the fight to end slavery in the Americas The Great Resistance, an expansive new book by author and historian Carrie Gibson, brings together often unheard narratives to tell the bigger picture of a difficult time

It was an absolute pleasure to talk history and discuss my reasons for writing The Great Resistance with Martin Pengelly for The Guardian – I hope you enjoy our conversation too! ❤️
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...