Will Comben

@swwdtp funded History PhD candidate. Gender and slavery in the American South. @bristoluni @readinguni. Long-suffering @pompey fan.

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

I’m delighted to announce that, with the help of @SWWDTP, I will be starting my PhD in September @BristolUni and @UniofReading. With @DrShaunRCWalla1 and @emilywestfahey, my project will explore women’s escapes from slavery in antebellum Louisiana. I can’t wait to get started!

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

Jarred escaped in 1833 with “irons on his legs”. Probably a seasoned fugitive, he had already been at large for three days when first advertised for, despite the shackles literally weighing him down

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

I’ve spent the last few months building a digital archive of fugitive ads published in antebellum Louisiana - which I am provisionally calling the Louisiana Freedom Seekers Database (comments welcome!). Here are just a few of the remarkable escape stories I’ve uncovered…

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

Philonise made the decision to flee with her 2 children, Eugene and Gustave, possibly to avoid sale away from them. LA law prohibited the sale of children under 10 away from their mothers, but Gustave was now 14, and their master had recently died, increasing the chances of sale

[Christian Burgess @Burgey44]

All the best to everyone at Pompey tonight! Hoping it’s a night to remember and one that takes the blues another step back to where they belong 💙 #pup

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

"One of the best atmospheres in the world."

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £30,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you would still not make as much as Shell did in profits last year.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Why does the entire country need to know about the kings arsehole or Catherine getting weeks of private luxury hospital care?

The NHS waiting list is nearly 8 million.

There are people in Britain on chemo who are forced to use food banks.

Do you not see how mad this is?

[Manisha Sinha @ProfMSinha]

Historian of slavery here, a humane slaveholder is an oxymoron.

[Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ @LaylaMoran]

It’s been a horrible few days. My family in the Catholic Church in Gaza city are reporting white phosphorous and gunfire into their compound. The bin collector and the janitor have been shot and their bodies are laying outside and remain uncollected. 1/2

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

That just about sums it up

[Sam Haselby @samhaselby]

A good part of the history of the last half century of the Democratic party is contained within how Simon Schama, a knighted British guy in Westchester, is more pleased with them than me, an American and lifelong Democrat from Wisconsin.

[SWWDTP @SWWDTP]

📢 Applications for 2024 studentships are now open! We welcome applicants from the UK & overseas with evidence of exceptional promise for PhD study.

📆 Application deadline : Monday 22 January 2024

For more information, including how to apply : https://t.co/WfKd5sws4b

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

…what? 😂

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Ridley Scott on historians having criticisms about ‘NAPOLEON’.

“When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’”

(Source: https://t.co/QiHXYjhfqD)

[The Exploding Heads @Exploding_Heads]

The official list of woke things.

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

@sawyer_gu @kathrynelisehb @melanieywhite Will this be recorded or broadcast online? 🙏🏻

[Portsmouth FC @Pompey]

💙 So many great memories... can you spot any of your heroes?

#BlackHistoryMonth // #Pompey

[Leslie Harris @ProfLMH]

Great piece on the fates of Confederate monuments. https://t.co/GlwnDt2FAN

[Will Comben @willdoeshistory]

Ona Judge escaped George Washington to freedom in 1796. Check out my short profile of her for BHM below!

[Historians @ Bristol @UoBrisHistory]

In the latest of our posts for #Bhm PhD student Will Comben shares the story of Ona Judge, an enslaved woman who defied George Washington to live out her life in freedom.

https://t.co/R1ZSEs9eSO

[Rich Condon @RichardPCondon]

The Baltimore Afro-American reported “Confederate Daughters agape as she lauds John Brown.” Through her words, Tatten reflected the legacy of her father, Charles, who was a veteran of the 29th Connecticut Infantry (pictured in Beaufort).

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