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Dr Miranda Kaufmann

@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social

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#Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors www.mirandakaufmann.com www.linktr.ee/drmirandakaufmann

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3h

Yes indeed!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 17h

Ooh let me know…

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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

📢Call for papers!

Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!

Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...

If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! What colonial stories are there to tell at Hove’s Regency Town House?

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 17h

Order here: www.amazon.com/Heiresses-Wo...

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean [Kaufmann, Miranda] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 17h

#Heiresses US edition published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social is out today!

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you! Let me know what you think!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 23h

#Heiresses audiobook out now! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 1d

My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Britain's female slaveowners: the heiresses who made fortunes from enslavement

Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 05/10/2025 · 34m

podcasts.apple.com

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 2d

And at #Birmingham Literature Festival with @corinnefowler.bsky.social Malachi McIntosh & Casey Bailey this Saturday 11th October: www.ticketsource.co.uk/bhamlitfest/...

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 2d

At @britishlibrary.bsky.social this Thursday 9th October with Sudhir Hazareesingh events.bl.uk/events/heire...

Heiresses and Rebels: Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery | British Library

The new books by award winning and nominated historians Miranda Kaufmann and Sudhir Hazareesingh are both major contributors to the understanding of Caribb

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 2d

Two exciting events with my book #Heiresses this week @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Birmingham Literature Festival, in conversation with some great fellow writers - if you’re in #London or #Birmingham do come along…

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Hope to see you @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday 9th October - I’ll be sharing some letters from the BL archives that I used for #Heiresses including one written in 1832, in the aftermath of the Baptist War in Jamaica… events.bl.uk/events/heire...

Heiresses and Rebels: Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery | British Library

The new books by award winning and nominated historians Miranda Kaufmann and Sudhir Hazareesingh are both major contributors to the understanding of Caribb

events.bl.uk

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Came home to Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free and the latest issue of @historyextra.bsky.social BBC History Magazine containing an interview with Sudhir - both great as I prepare for our joint event @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday. Do join us if you can, details below.

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Incredibly proud of this review of #Heiresses by Ophelia Field in The Times Literary Supplement.

“A heroic achievement”

www.the-tls.com/history/earl...

What’s in a name?

When the attorney Alexander Barclay visited the slaving plantation of Holland, Jamaica, in 1813, he addressed a Black boilerman as “You Sir” and was rebuked: “Who do you call You sir; have I not a nam...

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Also available on Kindle and Audible, and (dare I say it?) currently 21% off on Amazon. amzn.eu/d/9MhtWIr

Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery : Kaufmann, Miranda: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Buy Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery by Kaufmann, Miranda (ISBN: 9780861548019) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Talk details #Heiresses

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to be speaking about #Heiresses @pratt.edu in New York on October 22! www.pratt.edu/events/heirl...

Heirlooms and Heiresses

A century or two before New York’s wealthiest families sent their daughters to marry into the British aristocracy, heiresses to equally irresistible fortunes founded on Caribbean slavery […]

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 5d

See you there!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 5d

Very fitting that my hotel in #Glasgow was on Jamaica Street, parallel to Oswald Street- when I was in town to talk about Scottish #Heiresses, including my cover girl Mary Oswald nee Ramsay of Jamaica!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight come along to hear me in conversation at The Georgian House #Edinburgh with Lisa Williams - we’ll be discussing some Scottish #Heiresses from my new book, including the one who ended up in an Edinburgh debtors’ sanctuary…

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight in #Edinburgh! Talking about Scottish #Heiresses with the wonderful Lisa Williams!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 10d

Thursday 2nd October, 6.30pm: The Georgian House, Edinburgh, in conversation with Lisa Williams, founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch: Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean

Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Lisa Williams

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 10d

Book Launch: Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean

Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Lisa Williams

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 7d

FREE #Heiresses event in #Edinburgh TONIGHT!

Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 10d

Wednesday 1st October, 5.30pm: The Studio, Nicolson Square Venues, 25 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9BX, in conversation with Dr Désha Osborne, who is writing a literary history of the Scottish presence inSt Vincent and the Grenadines: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heiresses-...

Heiresses, Caribbean Slavery and Scotland

Heiresses, Caribbean Slavery and Scotland: Dr Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Dr Désha Osborne

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 7d

My new book #Heiresses : Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is out on Audible today! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5

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