Audra A. Diptee

Remembering Africa & Its Diasporas:  Memory, Public History & Representations of the Past

From Africa to Jamaica: The Making of an Atlantic Slave Society, 1775-1807

From Africa to Jamaica offers a new look at the Atlantic slave trade in its final years, fleshing out the historical portrait of the African men, women, and children who were sold in Jamaica and were thus among the last of the enslaved to put their stamp on Jamaican society. There is no comparable study that […]

"The Problem of Modern Day Slavery: Is Critical Applied History the Answer?" in Slavery & Abolition, 39 (2), 405-428

"Notions of African Childhood in Abolitionist Discourses: Colonial and Post-Colonial Humanitarianism in the Fight Against Child Slavery" in Child Slavery Before & After Emancipation

"Children in Colonial Africa" in special issue of the Journal of Family History, 35 (1)

"Atlantic Childhoods, Global Contexts" in special issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, 11 (4)

This article is an introduction to the special issue dedicated to exploring the ways in which childhood and youth have been shaped by Atlantic and global dynamics. It explores some of the methodological and theoretical challenges of writing a history of childhood and youth in the Global South. The authors suggest that current theories which address […]