The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean – Book Presentation on Monday, 9 March, 1pm.
As part of our online lecture series “Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800“, we are delighted to welcome Prof Dr Casey Schmitt (Cornell University) for a book presentation that promises to reshape how we think about maritime violence, captivity, and colonialism.
A century before the height of the Atlantic slave trade, early modern racialized slavery emerged through practices of captive-taking and human trafficking in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean. Schmitt’s book – the first full-length study of this deeply entangled history of captivity and colonialism – reframes our understanding of early modern racialized slavery and colonialism.
Join us for free on Monday, 9 March 2026 on ZOOM.
1–2 pm CET | 12 noon (UK) | 8 am EDT
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069
