Blog

For the first time, we present a French-language blog post! ITSS affiliate Lucas Marin writes about long-distance sailors in Martinique at the end of the Ancien Régime.

ITSS PhD Fellow Gabriëlle La Croix writes about colonial newspapers, including the implications of a rebus, an epigram, and essays on death and marriage.

In this working paper, IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Felicia Fricke explores how Statian widows navigated interisland inheritances, looking at the impact of complex family structures and guardianship.

The database contains over 3900 newspaper advertisements calling for the capture of fugitives from slavery in the Lesser Antilles.

In December 2023, ITSS PhD fellow Gabriëlle La Croix sat down with Dr. Pernille Røge to talk about Dr. Røge’s work at the University of Pittsburgh and about her thoughts on Atlantic history and trans-imperial research.

ITSS Postdoctoral Fellow Heather Freund visited the Massachusetts Historical Society in December 2023. Here you can read about what she found.

ITSS PhD Fellow, Gabriëlle La Croix, is coming to the end of her semester at the University of Pittsburgh. Find out what she's been up to!

In this short blog post, ITSS PI Gunvor Simonsen discusses one enslaved woman's Lesser Antillean support network, expressed through letters written originally written in French or French Creole in 1818.

ITSS PhD Fellow, Rasmus Christensen, has recently returned from his semester abroad at Linnaeus University. Find out what he got up to!

In this post, IN THE SAME SEA Student Assistant Lucas Marin (Université des Antilles) describes colonial attempts to control fishing on Martinique in the 18th century.

In October 2022, IN THE SAME SEA PhD student Gabriëlle La Croix sat down with Dr. Dominique Rogers to talk about Dr. Rogers’ work at the Université des Antilles and her thoughts on the future of Caribbean history.

In this short blog post, ITSS PhD Fellow Rasmus Christensen explores the evidence for fishing in the archives of the colonial Lesser Antilles.

This working paper uses newspaper runaway lists to look at escape routes used by enslaved people on Grenada in 1819 and 1825.

This working paper explores the origins and potential motivations for the mobility of free people of colour residing in Charlotte Amalie on the Danish Caribbean island of St. Thomas in 1803.

This short blog post examines the itineraries of vessels entering and leaving Willemstad (Curaçao) in the early 19th century.

This working paper explores interisland networks and the different reactions of island authorities to missionaries in the 18th century, by examining the diaries of Thomas Coke.

This working paper explores how enslaved men and women attempted to run away from St Eustatius to other islands in the Lesser Antilles.

This working paper explores how Danish West Indian islanders searched for and made use of marine resources.

The team behind IN THE SAME SEA recently received an invitation from the Caribbean Genealogy Library, St. Thomas

How did islanders in the Lesser Antilles connect to one another? What infrastructure supported ties between small islands?

We welcome you to the newly launched homepage of IN THE SAME SEA, a research project about the Lesser Antilles, c. 1650-1850.