Chris Evans

Historian of Atlantic slavery, metals, energy. I block anyone who tweets photos of cats.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

"Swansea in South Wales was to copper what Manchester was to cotton or Detroit to the automobile." Coming soon from
@JHUPress

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

@mbarcia24 @araujohistorian That settles it. I’m going.

[William A. Booth @WilliamABooth]

Evergreen

[Jonathan Durrant @jbdurrant]

🎃Some reading for Halloween / Samhain / Nos Galan Gaeaf:

Five witchcraft myths debunked by an expert https://t.co/C6tZ8q1gyb via @ConversationUK

@USWHistory @USWResearch #Halloween #NosGalanGaeaf #witchcraft

[Duncan Money @mininghistory]

Something about this article on copper seemed oddly familiar. I checked and parts are a reworked version of Timothy LeCain's book 'Mass Destruction'.
The article even opens with the same anecdote about Steve Jobs that LeCain begins his book with:
https://t.co/uQGw7pwwuI

[USW History @USWHistory]

Check out Andy Croll @USWHistory writing in the new issue of @HistoryToday on pit ponies and writing animal history @USWResearch

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Here's me writing about pro-slavery Christianity in 1830s Britain https://t.co/LdMOzvu48m @USWResearch #slavery #abolitionism #Christianity

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

@glasgow_sugar True. Newman was still an Anglican when he composed his 1835 sermon, of course, but remarks he made on slavery during the American Civil War suggest a clear continuity in his views.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Cardinal Newman: pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy https://t.co/i7F2EcmeCI via @ConversationUK @USWResearch @USWHistory

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Heaps of puddling slag at Garnddyrys forge, operational c.1820-1860

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Looking forward to this.

[Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham]

We're holding a workshop! "Knowledge, Energy, and Industry in the Age of Revolution," at the University of Birmingham, 24 November 2023. More info here: https://t.co/LSkDTC5O28

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

My eldest son is finalising his preparations for the 100km Mont Blanc ultramarathon later this week. I’m preparing in my own way.

[USWResearch @USWResearch]

Today marks International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Prof Chris Evans @USWHistory dispels

5 Myths About Atlantic Slavery

https://t.co/seSTlfg51K

#RememberSlavery

[ToonArmy @toonarmy_com]

Happy 53rd Birthday to @alanshearer 🎉

The greatest to ever do it 🐐🖤 #NUFC

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

@antonhowes @NicholasRadburn Anton, that's very kind of you to offer. Thomas Williams features in my forthcoming book on slavery + emancipation. Or to be exact, his sidekick Pascoe Grenfell (1761-1838) features heavily.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

This is a massive opportunity for an up and coming scholar

[Paul O'Leary @olearypaulb]

The Dept of History and Welsh History Aberystwyth University, welcomes applications for the Pennar Scholarship, a fully-funded PhD on any aspect of the social/economic history of Wales, 1500-2000. Closing date 11 August. Contact me beforehand to discuss applying.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Cancel my appointments

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

What a shame ⁦@dailytelegraph⁩ chose to use genuine research on Wales & Atlantic slavery as ammunition in its confected culture war on a supposed “grievance industry”.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Great to see this in the public domain. Sterling work by @cahammo and @ColegMenai on the history of Welsh woollens and Atlantic slavery.

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

@FredrikAlbritt1 @jennybulstrode There's some information on Bacon, mostly second-hand, in "Slave Wales: The Welsh and Atlantic Slavery" by @cevans3