Noor Hashmi (she/her)
@noorhashmi.bsky.social
ORCID: 0009-0002-6711-5649
MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the 17th & 18th centuries.
📸 Instagram: @historian_noor
#SkyStorian #SkyStorians #AcademicSky
MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the 17th & 18th centuries.
📸 Instagram: @historian_noor
#SkyStorian #SkyStorians #AcademicSky
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Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I actually have A LOT to say about this, but I’m unsure of the layout I should use (blog post, regular post, video, podcast-style etc).
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
I actually have A LOT to say about this, but I’m unsure of the layout I should use (blog post, regular post, video, podcast-style etc).
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I actually have A LOT to say about this, but I’m unsure of the layout I should use (blog post, regular post, video, podcast-style etc).
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
If anyone’s even *remotely* interested, feel free to give me your suggestions!
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And this is why CARICOM has to do the work of pressing for reparations and why they need other countries’ support: caricomreparations.org
Homepage - Caribbean Reparations Commission
Journal of Pan-African Studies: With speeches by Sir Hilary Beckles’s, the CARICOM 10-Point Reparations Plan, and [...]
caricomreparations.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And this is why CARICOM has to do the work of pressing for reparations and why they need other countries’ support: caricomreparations.org
Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
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Hello all!
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hello all!
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
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Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
Hello all!
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hello all!
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
I have made an Instagram account for all things history/research related! I’ll still be on here, but do give me a follow on the other place if you wish. I’ll be posting on there every now and again! 😊
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Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Teaching Slavery
This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the teaching of such challenging histories in the c...
uclpress.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
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The slave trade was an international criminal enterprise. In 1811 an uprising on the slaving ship Amelia off the coast of West Africa revealed a complex network spanning four continents.
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Slavery After Abolition: Revolt on the Amelia
www.historytoday.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The slave trade was an international criminal enterprise. In 1811 an uprising on the slaving ship Amelia off the coast of West Africa revealed a complex network spanning four continents.
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 This feature from the October issue is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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Going to present a chapter of my book manuscript on October 24, 12:30 PM EST. It is a detailed look on the European market for sugar and tobacco over 120 years that tries to break with methodological nationalism through multisited, multilanguage research on dozens of archives. On zoom as well.
October 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Going to present a chapter of my book manuscript on October 24, 12:30 PM EST. It is a detailed look on the European market for sugar and tobacco over 120 years that tries to break with methodological nationalism through multisited, multilanguage research on dozens of archives. On zoom as well.
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Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:
🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester.
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
leeds.libcal.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:
🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
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'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.
The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’
A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.
The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
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Today's MEMOries archived blog post from guest contributor L.H. Roper (@roperlou.bsky.social) takes a look at Tangier and the problems it posed for the English crown:
memorients.com/articles/tan...
memorients.com/articles/tan...
Tangier: Morocco and the Limits of Empire in the Reign of Charles II | MEMOs
Perhaps counterintuitively in imperial terms, Tangier’s prospects suffered from its unique institutional position.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today's MEMOries archived blog post from guest contributor L.H. Roper (@roperlou.bsky.social) takes a look at Tangier and the problems it posed for the English crown:
memorients.com/articles/tan...
memorients.com/articles/tan...
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Not gonna lie: I'm so stressed by the state of the world that my eye is twitching. Disasters are on my mind, so let me leave you with this...
The menu booklet for what would be the final lunch onboard the Titanic.
The menu booklet for what would be the final lunch onboard the Titanic.
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Not gonna lie: I'm so stressed by the state of the world that my eye is twitching. Disasters are on my mind, so let me leave you with this...
The menu booklet for what would be the final lunch onboard the Titanic.
The menu booklet for what would be the final lunch onboard the Titanic.
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In the next couple of weeks, we have more posts coming. Another from Decklan Wilkerson, we will be welcoming @noorhashmi.bsky.social to @globalmarhist.bsky.social staff, and we're going to be starting to have some of the first Academic Process & Digital Humanities posts
CFP: 'Academic Processes and Digital Humanities' - Global Maritime History
GlobalMaritimeHistory welcomes proposals for our new series ‘Academic Processes and Digital Humanities’. We are looking for people to talk about the processes (especially technical processes) that the...
globalmaritimehistory.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In the next couple of weeks, we have more posts coming. Another from Decklan Wilkerson, we will be welcoming @noorhashmi.bsky.social to @globalmarhist.bsky.social staff, and we're going to be starting to have some of the first Academic Process & Digital Humanities posts
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“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
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"These are the facts of American history. They are not distortions, nor is displaying this information at national parks ideologically motivated. These and similar facts explain much about our nation." slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Is Trying to Memory-Hole One of the Most Important Historical Images of Slavery
Virtually every historian of the Civil War knows that slavery was the moving force for secession which led to the Civil War.
slate.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"These are the facts of American history. They are not distortions, nor is displaying this information at national parks ideologically motivated. These and similar facts explain much about our nation." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
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🏴☠️ Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
#InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy
#InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🏴☠️ Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
#InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy
#InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay #Pirates #History #Historical #Piracy
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Now on the Long Run: 'The Barbados Census of 1679 and the Legacies of Slavery in Early Modern England'.
In this post Michael Bennett (Sheffield) & Misha Ewen (Sussex) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
ehs.org.uk/the-barbados...
In this post Michael Bennett (Sheffield) & Misha Ewen (Sussex) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
ehs.org.uk/the-barbados...
The Barbados Census of 1679 and the Legacies of Slavery in Early Modern England - Economic History Society
This blog post is based on a grant awarded to Dr Michael Bennett of the University of Sheffield and Dr Misha Ewen, now of the University of Sussex, by the Economic History Society through the Carneval...
ehs.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Now on the Long Run: 'The Barbados Census of 1679 and the Legacies of Slavery in Early Modern England'.
In this post Michael Bennett (Sheffield) & Misha Ewen (Sussex) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
ehs.org.uk/the-barbados...
In this post Michael Bennett (Sheffield) & Misha Ewen (Sussex) introduce their research, which was financially supported by a Carnevali Small Research Grant.
ehs.org.uk/the-barbados...
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"writing what you don’t know is made up of research, speculation, and imagination. I wrestled with the incomplete – and possibly inaccurate – facts presented in my poem." — Christine Wu.
I love this piece on writing into 'shadow histories' in complex families, using multiple ways of knowing.
I love this piece on writing into 'shadow histories' in complex families, using multiple ways of knowing.
'These imaginaries float between fact and speculation, uncorroborated stories pieced together from bits and pieces that approximate and become a personal history.'
In #PENTransmissions, Christine Wu on reimagining family history. w/ @pencanada.bsky.social.
pentransmissions.com/2025/09/12/s...
In #PENTransmissions, Christine Wu on reimagining family history. w/ @pencanada.bsky.social.
pentransmissions.com/2025/09/12/s...
Shadow Histories: Writing What You Don’t Know
Christine Wu on reimagining family history.
pentransmissions.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"writing what you don’t know is made up of research, speculation, and imagination. I wrestled with the incomplete – and possibly inaccurate – facts presented in my poem." — Christine Wu.
I love this piece on writing into 'shadow histories' in complex families, using multiple ways of knowing.
I love this piece on writing into 'shadow histories' in complex families, using multiple ways of knowing.
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Calling all #historyteachers excited to 🚀 this new for 2026 GCSE AQA Historic Environment! can’t wait to welcome 🙏 you to the first performance! 🎭 please retweet & spread the word! 🤗 scholarship @tracyborman.bsky.social 🙌🏻🥳
April 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Calling all #historyteachers excited to 🚀 this new for 2026 GCSE AQA Historic Environment! can’t wait to welcome 🙏 you to the first performance! 🎭 please retweet & spread the word! 🤗 scholarship @tracyborman.bsky.social 🙌🏻🥳
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Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians
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Yet another blow for people who think the history of slavery is over *there*, and the history of industrialisation over *there*, and the history of poverty over *there*, and the history of wealth over *there*, and their job is to keep them as far apart as possible…
Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests
Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yet another blow for people who think the history of slavery is over *there*, and the history of industrialisation over *there*, and the history of poverty over *there*, and the history of wealth over *there*, and their job is to keep them as far apart as possible…