Genealogies of Enslavement and Convictism: Family Histories and Their Legacies in Barbados, Mauritius, and Australia

Abstract

This roundtable places academics and family historians together in research and dialogue to co-produce and publish shared knowledge about the past. Focusing on histories of empire, enslavement, and penal transportation in Barbados, Mauritius, and Australia, we offer this format as an equitable alternative to an academic article written by professional scholars with acknowledgement of genealogists’ research and insights. Focusing on Britain’s penal transportation of enslaved, or formerly enslaved, peoples in the past and the aftermaths of these histories now, we highlight negotiations of history, experiences, and identities in writing about the British empire and its legacies.