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Barry Gaspar is a Professor of History at Duke University, focusing on comparative slave systems with special interest in the development of slave society, evolution of slave life in the United States, and the Caribbean. His research encompasses the Atlantic Slave Trade, Atlantic history and culture, the legacy of slavery in post-slave societies, historical geography, colonial British America, and Caribbean Afro-American history. Professor Gaspar has published significant articles on slave resistance and social control. His notable works include 'A Dangerous Spirit of Liberty: Slave Rebellion in the West Indies in the 1730s', which contributes to the scholarship on the lives of enslaved individuals, and 'Subjects of the King of Portugal: Captivity and Repatriation in the Slave Trade in Antigua in 1724'.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Professor of History focusing on various interdisciplinary aspects of history including slavery and colonial studies.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)