Charles Foy, discusses, “Black Maritime Labor: The Business of Capturing, Kidnapping, and Condemning Eighteenth-Century Black Mariners”. Blakemore is an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. This discussion was included in the conference session topic, “Black Seamen and Pilots”.

Black Maritime Labor: The Business of Capturing, Kidnapping, and Condemning Eighteenth-Century Black Mariners

This conference explores the shadowy realms of the Atlantic that connected four continents but also disrupted its various imperial structures. The participants will investigate important historical and historiographical questions about the nature of unlawful exchanges and the relationship between settler-colonists, pirates, and smugglers in the creation of “illicit Atlantic worlds” beyond state control.

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Black Maritime Labor: The Business of Capturing, Kidnapping, and Condemning Eighteenth-Century Black Mariners

Black Maritime Labor: The Business of Capturing, Kidnapping, and Condemning Eighteenth-Century Black Mariners