![]() Nicholas Trist to Secretary of State John Forsyth, December 9, 1839Ī foreigner who feels himself inconvenienced, or fancies himself aggrieved in any way, either by a difficulty with another individual, or by the operation of the laws, is apt to fancy that he has but to call upon the consul ” for protection,” as it is termed and that, thereupon, the waving of the consular wand will suspend ‘the action of the Government, and set every thing to rights. He has also been working closely with People of the Atlantic Slave Trade (PAST) which is part of the broader The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database Project, hosted at Transcript Currently, he is working on a project that project explores the connections between local and global impacts of gold mining in colonial Brazil. participation in the transatlantic slave trade and how they changed over time. His second book, The United States and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the Americas, 1776-1867, explores the different forms of U.S. ![]() His first book, Por aí e por muito longe: dívidas, migrações e os libertos de 1888, explores the trajectories of former slaves in the last years of slavery and in the post-emancipation period in the state of Paraná, Brazil. His work includes themes related to capitalism, slavery, and the slave trade in an Atlantic context. Leonardo Marque is a Professor in the History Department at Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, he is working on a monograph about Nicholas Trist’s difficult years in Havana. Most recently, he contributed a chapter on the transnational history of maritime law to A World at Sea: Maritime Practices and Global History (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). His first book, The Republic Afloat: Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America published by University of Chicago Press in 2013. He holds a BA from Williams College and an M.Phil and Ph.D. Matthew Taylor Raffety is a professor of history at the University of Redlands where he teaches American and Atlantic, and diplomatic history. We dive deep into the story of ship deserters, flag foolery, and international crime! This Episode’s Experts Matthew Taylor Raffety We will explore the role of Cuba and the consul in the slave trade. ![]() In this episode, we travel to Havana, Cuba to meet the consul Nicholas Trist, as he struggles between the dilemma of morals and money.
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