Dr. Alycia Hall

Biography

Alycia Hall is an Assistant Professor with a research focus on the African Diaspora, particularly in the context of the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Caribbean. She received her Ph.D. in African American Studies and History from Yale University. Dr. Hall's current work involves a manuscript tentatively titled "Strategic Ties: Family, Land, Plantation Connections in Maroon Jamaica," which examines the formation of five Jamaican Maroon communities and their interactions with various peoples and groups during the Maroon War from the 1790s to the 1890s. This research analyzes the intricate relationships that Maroon communities navigated as Jamaica transitioned from slavery to free labor. Additionally, her work seeks to extend the history of these communities beyond the 1890s, highlighting how Maroons actively sought to assert their place in Jamaican society. Dr. Hall recently completed a Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University for the 2023/2024 academic year.

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