Dr Miranda Kaufmann
@drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social
#Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
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Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.
Latest podcast interview about #Heiresses - thanks @vulgarhistory.bsky.social!
The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Latest podcast interview about #Heiresses - thanks @vulgarhistory.bsky.social!
It was lovely to be in conversation with Leslie Primo @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social recently - especially as they have Zoffany’s portrait of my #Heiresses cover girl - Mrs Oswald - & paintings previously owned by the Watson Taylors from Chapter 9. Interview by Jelena Sofronijevic of Empire Lines.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It was lovely to be in conversation with Leslie Primo @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social recently - especially as they have Zoffany’s portrait of my #Heiresses cover girl - Mrs Oswald - & paintings previously owned by the Watson Taylors from Chapter 9. Interview by Jelena Sofronijevic of Empire Lines.
Was a delight to appear on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social- available to listen now…
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Was a delight to appear on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social- available to listen now…
Reposted by Dr Miranda Kaufmann
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
It was great to spot & sign the US edition of #Heiresses published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social at @barnesandnoble.com @bnunionsqnyc.bsky.social Union Square during my recent trip to New York!
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It was great to spot & sign the US edition of #Heiresses published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social at @barnesandnoble.com @bnunionsqnyc.bsky.social Union Square during my recent trip to New York!
Reposted by Dr Miranda Kaufmann
New episode of the #Podcast is up #Skystorians! @mimicofmodes.com sits down with the great @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social to talk about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes & the enslaved people that underwent untold suffering to support their lifestyles.
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The AskHistorians Podcast: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 245: Heiresses with Dr. Miranda Kaufmann
This week, Dr. Miranda Kaufmann chats with Mimicofmodes about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes, and the enslaved people that underwent untold suffering to support their lifestyles. (47 min.) Fi...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New episode of the #Podcast is up #Skystorians! @mimicofmodes.com sits down with the great @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social to talk about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes & the enslaved people that underwent untold suffering to support their lifestyles.
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Backstage shot of our wonderful panel Birmingham Lit Fest yesterday- a really thought provoking discussion with Casey Bailey @corinnefowler.bsky.social & Malachi McIntosh on the theme of Colonial Countryside - how do we tell colonial stories in the houses that are scattered across the country?
October 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Backstage shot of our wonderful panel Birmingham Lit Fest yesterday- a really thought provoking discussion with Casey Bailey @corinnefowler.bsky.social & Malachi McIntosh on the theme of Colonial Countryside - how do we tell colonial stories in the houses that are scattered across the country?
Great night @britishlibrary in conversation with Sudhir Hazareesingh and Nicole-Rachelle Moore - we could have talked about #Heiresses and Rebels all night long!
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great night @britishlibrary in conversation with Sudhir Hazareesingh and Nicole-Rachelle Moore - we could have talked about #Heiresses and Rebels all night long!
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Wonderful evening at @britishlibrary.bsky.social listening to @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & Sudhir Hazareesingh discuss their new books as part of “Heiresses and Rebels:
Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery”.
Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery”.
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wonderful evening at @britishlibrary.bsky.social listening to @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & Sudhir Hazareesingh discuss their new books as part of “Heiresses and Rebels:
Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery”.
Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery”.
Really one of the best things about a book tour is getting to meet and talk with fellow authors! Thank you #Heiresses!
On the train with Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free ahead of our conversation @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight! Tickets still available - see link below.
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Really one of the best things about a book tour is getting to meet and talk with fellow authors! Thank you #Heiresses!
On the train with Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free ahead of our conversation @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight! Tickets still available - see link below.
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
On the train with Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free ahead of our conversation @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight! Tickets still available - see link below.
Reposted by Dr Miranda Kaufmann
📢Call for papers!
Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!
Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...
If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].
Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!
Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...
If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📢Call for papers!
Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!
Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...
If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].
Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!
Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...
If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].
#Heiresses US edition published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social is out today!
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Heiresses US edition published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social is out today!
#Heiresses audiobook out now! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Heiresses audiobook out now! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5
My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Britain's female slaveowners: the heiresses who made fortunes from enslavement
Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 05/10/2025 · 34m
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October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Two exciting events with my book #Heiresses this week @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Birmingham Literature Festival, in conversation with some great fellow writers - if you’re in #London or #Birmingham do come along…
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Two exciting events with my book #Heiresses this week @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Birmingham Literature Festival, in conversation with some great fellow writers - if you’re in #London or #Birmingham do come along…
Came home to Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free and the latest issue of @historyextra.bsky.social BBC History Magazine containing an interview with Sudhir - both great as I prepare for our joint event @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday. Do join us if you can, details below.
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Came home to Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free and the latest issue of @historyextra.bsky.social BBC History Magazine containing an interview with Sudhir - both great as I prepare for our joint event @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday. Do join us if you can, details below.
Incredibly proud of this review of #Heiresses by Ophelia Field in The Times Literary Supplement.
“A heroic achievement”
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“A heroic achievement”
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What’s in a name?
When the attorney Alexander Barclay visited the slaving plantation of Holland, Jamaica, in 1813, he addressed a Black boilerman as “You Sir” and was rebuked: “Who do you call You sir; have I not a nam...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Incredibly proud of this review of #Heiresses by Ophelia Field in The Times Literary Supplement.
“A heroic achievement”
www.the-tls.com/history/earl...
“A heroic achievement”
www.the-tls.com/history/earl...
Excited to be speaking about #Heiresses @pratt.edu in New York on October 22! www.pratt.edu/events/heirl...
Heirlooms and Heiresses
A century or two before New York’s wealthiest families sent their daughters to marry into the British aristocracy, heiresses to equally irresistible fortunes founded on Caribbean slavery […]
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October 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excited to be speaking about #Heiresses @pratt.edu in New York on October 22! www.pratt.edu/events/heirl...
Very fitting that my hotel in #Glasgow was on Jamaica Street, parallel to Oswald Street- when I was in town to talk about Scottish #Heiresses, including my cover girl Mary Oswald nee Ramsay of Jamaica!
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Very fitting that my hotel in #Glasgow was on Jamaica Street, parallel to Oswald Street- when I was in town to talk about Scottish #Heiresses, including my cover girl Mary Oswald nee Ramsay of Jamaica!
Tonight come along to hear me in conversation at The Georgian House #Edinburgh with Lisa Williams - we’ll be discussing some Scottish #Heiresses from my new book, including the one who ended up in an Edinburgh debtors’ sanctuary…
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October 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Tonight come along to hear me in conversation at The Georgian House #Edinburgh with Lisa Williams - we’ll be discussing some Scottish #Heiresses from my new book, including the one who ended up in an Edinburgh debtors’ sanctuary…
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Tonight in #Edinburgh! Talking about Scottish #Heiresses with the wonderful Lisa Williams!
Thursday 2nd October, 6.30pm: The Georgian House, Edinburgh, in conversation with Lisa Williams, founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean
Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Lisa Williams
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October 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Tonight in #Edinburgh! Talking about Scottish #Heiresses with the wonderful Lisa Williams!
Reposted by Dr Miranda Kaufmann
Thursday 2nd October, 6.30pm: The Georgian House, Edinburgh, in conversation with Lisa Williams, founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean
Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Lisa Williams
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September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thursday 2nd October, 6.30pm: The Georgian House, Edinburgh, in conversation with Lisa Williams, founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
FREE #Heiresses event in #Edinburgh TONIGHT!
Wednesday 1st October, 5.30pm: The Studio, Nicolson Square Venues, 25 Nicolson Square Edinburgh EH8 9BX, in conversation with Dr Désha Osborne, who is writing a literary history of the Scottish presence inSt Vincent and the Grenadines: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heiresses-...
Heiresses, Caribbean Slavery and Scotland
Heiresses, Caribbean Slavery and Scotland: Dr Miranda Kaufmann in conversation with Dr Désha Osborne
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October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
FREE #Heiresses event in #Edinburgh TONIGHT!
My new book #Heiresses : Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is out on Audible today! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My new book #Heiresses : Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is out on Audible today! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5