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Author: Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671468/captive-cosmopolitans/

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Nov 26

Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery is officially here!!

Order from @uncpress.bsky.social to receive 30 percent off! uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Jim!

Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really honored to have Captive Cosmopolitans join the long line of fantastic books which have won the Warren Dean Memorial prize. Thanks so much to the committee members, who have authored many books that I've been inspired by, for this recognition:

CLAH @clahistorians.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Mary Hicks (@maryhicks.bsky.social) for winning the Warren Dean Prize for her book, Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery (@oieahc.bsky.social & @uncpress.bsky.social).

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 4d

Yoy can call the Cook County State's Attorney and ask that all charges against the Broadview protesters be dropped: (312) 603-1880 (if there's a better number, lmk!)

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Jul 10

Great list!

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Jun 4

👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

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“Yesterday, the Yale School of Public Health sent a letter to Senate Democratic leaders with a new analysis showing that the One Big Beautiful Bill’s changes to federal health care programs would kill more than 51,000 Americans annually. Nearly 15 million are liable to lose health coverage as a result of the bill, due to enrollment changes on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, Medicaid cuts that are the largest in U.S. history, and the end of support for the Medicare Savings Program, which grants access to subsidized prescriptions. Those cuts would cost about 29,500 people their lives, the Yale researchers estimate. Another 13,000 largely poor nursing home residents would die from the repeal of the Biden administration’s safe staffing rule, which would remove the minimum number of nurses on call in those facilities. And close to 9,000 would die from the government’s failing to extend enhanced premium support for the ACA that expires at the end of the year, making health coverage unaffordable for another five million Americans.”

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Jun 4

63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys

46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll

to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership

Politico @politico.com · Jun 3

EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.

Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again

Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.

www.politico.com

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you Christina--for reading the book and attending the event! Glad you liked it.

Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · May 28

Please join us tomorrow for a conversation on my book, Captive Cosmopolitans, with James Sweet! All the info needed to register for the Zoom link can be found here:

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 5

Sudan fails in attempt to make UAE accountable for acts of genocide

Largely expected decision by international court of justice marks second diplomatic victory for Gulf state

www.theguardian.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 3

A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.

Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center

Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...

www.nytimes.com

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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · Apr 21

Excellent article:

"This idea, that capitalism, slavery, and colonialism are the forces that have shaped our contemporary world, is central to the exhibit... this was the exact sort of story that Trump... would like to excise from museums, classrooms, and every other realm of American life."

Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Apr 21

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”

So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

What It Means to Tell the Truth About America

And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

www.theatlantic.com

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Apr 12

I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Apr 10

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had some amazing conversations about my book, Captive Cosmopolitans, in the last few weeks. This one with my friend John Drabinski on inspiration, Caribbean theory and Black Atlantic worlds is one of my very favorites: open.spotify.com/episode/1iUP...

Mary Hicks on Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of Atlantic Slavery, 1721-1835

Conversations in Atlantic Theory · Episode

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Apr 7

The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery

Trump’s National Park Service is quietly whitewashing Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

The National Park Service edited its website to replace key facts about Harriet Tubman and slavery with phrases like “Black/White cooperation.”

www.whatimreading.net

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thanks to Kelly Pollack at the Unsung History podcast for allowing to me share a bit about my new book, Captive Cosmopolitans. This was a great discussion! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/EnslavedMari...

The Enslaved Mariners on the Crews of Brazilian Slave Ships

On the slave ships that sailed between Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and the West Coast of Africa from the 16th through the 19th Centuries, the crews included not just…

www.unsunghistorypodcast.com

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ben chambers 🏴 @benjaminchambers.bsky.social · Mar 8

moral panics re "woke," "political correctness," etc were designed to make:

1. counter-cultural commitments to relational egalitarianism & mutual consideration seem like stodgy, censorious conformism;

2. degenerate commitments to bigotry & complacency seem like high-minded tolerance & defiance

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Mar 8

Normalizing racism was a major goal of the “free speech absolutist” movement and they’ve been wildly successful at their work.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 8

This probably would've been a career-defining bit of racism for any politician in a previous era

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Austin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social · Feb 22

W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

Picture of quote from W.E.B. DuBois's Black Reconstruction in America.

"When the Confederates returned to domination, the public schools, which had attained a degree of efficiency never before reached in the South, were greatly curtailed. One hundred and ten of the teachers, many of them native-born, were dismissed at once, and their places were filled with intolerate Confederates."

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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · Feb 18

This shameful DOGE takeover and wholesale assault on civil servants is sowing chaos and restricting Americans from accessing historical records—records which belong to the American people—and from learning about the past. 🗃️

Tori Bedford @bedford.bsky.social · Feb 18

Five employees at the JFK Library in Boston were laid off today in connection with a Trump administration overhaul of federal workers.

"Without them, we are unable to stay open," a source tells @gbhnews.bsky.social. "It has been chaotic and we are seeking clarity."

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Feb 12

BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Feb 10

Was recently interviewed by the great Gerald Horne about my new book Captive Cosmopolitans for Freedom Now. Check it out in their archives (it can be found in the Jan 25th show) www.kpfk.org/archives/

online archives

www.kpfk.org

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Mary Hicks @maryhicks.bsky.social · Feb 10

Calling the history police on Kendrick’s halftime show.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · Feb 6

Every day all month long, I’ll be posting not just pictures but links to my favorite books on Black history, along with Blue Sky links if possible. Today is Day 6 with Judith Carney’s BLACK RICE

www.amazon.com/dp/067400834...

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