Fear of a Maroon Republic with Marcus Nevius
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Marcus Nevius discusses his current book project, titled "Fear of a Maroon Republic: Atlantic Slave War and the Problem of Archival Absence," which builds on his earlier work on marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp to explore how maroons appear and disappear in the historical record with a particular focus on Jamaica. He also reflects on the evolving scholarly understanding of marronage and the challenges of recovering maroon voices from archives that were largely created by enslavers and colonial administrators.
Prof. Nevius is a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship from the MHS.
To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.
Episode Special Guest:
Marcus P. Nevius is associate professor of history, jointly appointed to the faculties of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and the Department of History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856 (Georgia, 2020), several book chapters in edited volumes, and review articles in the William and Mary Quarterly and History Compass.
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