July 2024

Curry locates Black Loyalists and their lived experiences within a British imperial system in which their day-to-day struggles epitomized their quest for liberty. He highlights Black Loyalists in The Bahamas as part of the larger global movement of people in the Atlantic. His study connects The Bahamas to the larger Atlantic world.

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Jan 2021
Freedom and Resistance covered history from a different perspective than I'm used too. Seeing how Black Loyalists (Black people in general) thrived and moved in Bahamian society was brilliant. The topics Christopher Curry from the economic, social and political history of black people in The Bahamas was wonderful. Curry makes sure to stress that black experience is not all the same and the black community The Bahamas had their own personal struggles and in-fighting they experienced. I really enjoyed learning about how the Great Awakening and religion helped bond and grow the black community (as well as drive it apart). I recently took a class on the history of American evangelicalism, in which we talked about the Great Awakening a lot so it's interesting to see the reach of GA and its subsequent influence on countries outside of the USA. I talk about White Supremacy and Black people owning black slaves in this post inspired by Freedom and Resistance