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Brett Rushforth: RBSC talk
Monday, February 20, 2023, 05:00pm - 06:30pm
The Rutgers British Studies Center
presents
Brett Rushforth
(University of Oregon)
"Close Amity and Confederation:
Corsairs, Cimarrons, and the Fight Against Spanish Empire"
February 20, 2023
5:00 pm AB 6051
"Much has been written about the alliance between sixteenth-century English “sea dogs” and the Cimarrons, a powerful group of West Africans who escaped Spanish slavery and formed independent societies in Panama. Rushforth's broadly transimperial lecture focuses on the French role in Cimarrons' anti-Spanish partnerships to highlight their leadership and the importance of French seafarers in shaping the early Caribbean.
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