Kiersten Fage
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Kiersten Fage
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Australian PhD Candidate MUN History (MMus McGill)🎓 | Cultural Historian: 18th C material culture (musical instrument trade), economies of slavery and early North American soundscapes | Irish Flautist & Cellist | 📍NL |
The decorated boats at Port de Grave are probably one of the sweetest parts of the holidays in Newfoundland, a working dock too...last night they were offloading big crates of herring!
December 31, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by Kiersten Fage
Pleased our latest Bermuda article just came out in Slavery & Abolition! Examines the brig Enterprise, the first American slave ship to arrive in a British colonial port after Emancipation Day. A surprisingly little known incident. DM if need a copy. #SlaveryArchive #MaritimeHistory #EarlyModern
Revisiting the Slave Ship Enterprise in Post-Emancipation Bermuda
This is the first study of the full range of documentary evidence concerning the unintended arrival of the Enterprise in Bermuda in 1835, the earliest incident of an American slave ship entering a ...
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November 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM
The sources I've had the pleasure of diving into the past two days, represent one of the most comprehensive collections of British musical instrument manufacturer records dating back to the 18th century. They only exist because they were rescued from a decrepit attic, open to the elements!
May 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
"Research"
May 27, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Dissertation distraction... #irishtunes
March 2, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Ready to move back to Australia now....
February 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM