Watch the Race and Resistance Annual Lecture, "The Story of an Atlantic War"

Watch the video of "The Story of an Atlantic War", by Professor Vincent Brown of Harvard in our 2020/21 Race and Resistance Annual Lecture.

With introductions from Professor William Gould and Professor Manuel Barcia, the 2020/21 Race and Resistance Annual Lecture features Professor Vincent Brown (Harvard) discussing his most recent book, Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War (Belknap Press, 2020).

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Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He directs the History Design Studio and teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas. Brown is the author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2008), and the producer of Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness, an audiovisual documentary broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens.