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Ana Lucia Araujo

@araujohistorian.bsky.social

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Historian of slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and global Africa. Curates #slaveryarchive. Visit my website analuciaaraujo.org

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Ana Lucia Araujo is an American historian, art historian, author, and professor of history at Howard University. She is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. Her scholarship focuses on the transnational history, public memory, visual culture, and heritage of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade. .. more

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 24m

Check Toby Green's beautiful essay on @aeon.co, edited by dear Sam Haselby, essay draws on Toby's new magnificent book The Heretic of Cacheu. For reading and listening, and to be shared widely in these difficult times we live in #slaveryarchive #Africanhistory #Africa aeon.co/essays/lesso...

Lessons in pluralism from a 17th-century African town | Aeon Essays

The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)

aeon.co

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Robert C. Richards, Margot C. Finn , and 3 more Anna O. Law, Robert C. Richards, Margot C. Finn, Ana Lucia Araújo, Karen L. Cox, Kathleen Kennedy

Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 22h

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

Reposted by Anna O. Law, George McKay, Ana Lucia Araújo , and 1 more Anna O. Law, George McKay, Ana Lucia Araújo, Aviel Roshwald

Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 1d

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-...

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

www.smithsonianmag.com

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Bénin Aller-Retour: Regards sur le Dahomey de 1930. Beautiful exhibition at the Musée Départementale Albert-Kahn. Performing below, a magnificent Heviosso. #WestAfrica #RepublicofBenin #Vodun #film #exhibition

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 6d

Next Thursday, January 28, I will be giving the keynote A Past that Won't Go Away" at the 3-day conference Héritages coloniaux en Belgique, in Brussels. My lecture will be in English. Full program here. QR code for registration below. actus.ulb.be/fr/actus/int... #slaveryarchive

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 7d

Ce vendredi joignez-nous au Séminaire du CIRESC pour discuter mon livre Réparations. Combats pour la mémoire de l’esclavage (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle) @editionsduseuil.bsky.social 14h30 à l’EHESS, Campus Condorcet, salle 427 en personne et en visio sur Zoom cnrs.zoom.us/j/9311620051... #slaveryarchive

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 16d

This salt-glazed technique ceramic jar was created by Thomas Commeraw, a formerly enslaved man who championed pottery in New York City. Born in 1772, he is one of the several artists featured in my current book project. This jar is on view at the Smithsonian NMAAHC in Washington DC #slaveryarchive

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 17d

Are you a historian of the Atlantic world with a manuscript of monograph or edited volume? Consider submitting to Race in the Atlantic World (UGA Press), edited by Araujo, Green & Newman, an award-winning series with a transnational/comparative focus. More here t.co/s3qp5NLQx7

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 18d

Nossa senhora das dores. Aleijadinho. ❤️

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 19d

OPEN ACCESS BOOK: African Masks and Emotions (Getty Publications, 2025) by Zoë S. Strother www.getty.edu/publications...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 21d

Will be there in spirit cheering for @sethrockman.bsky.social !

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 23d

je crois pas.

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 23d

Je serai à Paris le 23 janvier au séminaire du CIRESC « Réparations, restitutions et post-esclavage (1791-XXIème siècle) » pour présenter mon livre Réparations: Combats pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (@editionsduseuil.bsky.social), plus de détails ci-dessous esclavages.cnrs.fr/vie-scientif...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 24d

A new Bay of Pigs. This time successful, apparently. A Congressless country.

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 25d

Planning to attend the biannual meeting of the African Studies Association UK in Durham in September 2026? Check the stream Global Africa: Lives, Afterlives, and the Power of Things. Send us your panel or paper proposal no later than April 30. Instructions below asauk.net/global-afric...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 27

As January starts in just 5 days, here is a Janus head collection (from today's Angola/DRC and Nigeria now in DC, Lisbon and NYC) to mark endings and new beginnings. Happy 2026: I wish you us all health, strength, peace and beauty in 2026. ♥

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 23

Writing on Dahomey. And revisiting Pierre Verger's trajectory in the prologue. Full article here, a nice issue of Luso-Brazilian review I edited years ago. Note: my last name has no accents, and I dropped the accent of Lucia, 26 years ago. analuciaaraujo.org/araujo-pierr...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 22

L'Africa e il mondo: Riannodare le storie dall'antichità al futuro co-edited by François Xavier-Fauvelle and Anne Lafont with my chapter "Le memorie nere nel mondo" is translated in Italian. Available here addeditore.it/prodotto/fra... and an excerpt is here addeditore.it/wp-content/u...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 20

Sudan’s civil war has now displaced more than 12 million people. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...

Escape From the Abyss: Surviving the Atrocities in El Fasher

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Ana Lucia Araújo

#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Dec 19

Happy holidays and happy book new year! Here is the #Slaveryarchive Most Anticipated Books 2026 list. Enjoy, and see you all in 2026 www.slaveryarchive.com/most-anticip...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 18

To know more about these stories check my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery, 680 pages, hardback, 30 %OFF at University of Chicago Press website using code UCPNEW t.co/WWx6Y4raRc it's also 20 % OFF on Amazon #slaveryarchive

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 18

"For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back." One year ago I published this article in @us.theconversation.com drawing on my book Humans in Shackles, check it out #slaveryarchive theconversation.com/for-enslaved...

For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back

Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.

theconversation.com

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 16

I reviewed The Heretic of Cacheu (Allen Lane & University of Chicago Press) by Toby Green for Slavery and Abolition. You can download it here, read it, and go get the book #slaveryarchive www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xvlx0...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 14

To all of you at Brown and Providence, sending my love and solidarity.

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Dec 13

In this holiday season, we keep reading! This is the #Slaveryarchive 10 Best Books 2025 list www.slaveryarchive.com/10-best-book...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 13

Check my new OPEN ACCESS chapter "Healing the Wounds of the Past: The Long History of Demands of Reparations for Slavery" in New Perspectives on Healing Collective TraumaTowards Social Justice and Communal Well-Being edited by dear Scherto Gil #slaveryarchive www.routledge.com/New-Perspect...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 11

Being able to see and write about beautiful things designed and created nearly two centuries ago by people who spent their lives in the most tragic and harrowing conditions fills my soul in these dark days of winter, and it also brings me some hope. #slaveryarchive

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Dec 2

❤️ Thank you!

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · Dec 1

Social media manager is embarrassingly late, but delighted to have to sit on the floor because of HOW MANY PEOPLE are here to come and listen to the brilliant @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Picture of an extremely full seminar room, from the perspective of the floor :)

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · Dec 1

Social media manager is embarrassingly late, but delighted to have to sit on the floor because of HOW MANY PEOPLE are here to come and listen to the brilliant @araujohistorian.bsky.social

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