Bernard Moitt is a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Born and raised in Antigua, his research focuses on slavery in French West Africa, primarily Senegal, and the French Antilles. He has published Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848 (Indiana University Press, 2001), Slavery and Guardianship in Colonial Senegal (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and edited Sugar, Slavery and Society: Perspectives on the Caribbean, India, the Mascarenes and the United Sates (University Press of Florida, 2004). A nationally and internationally recognized scholar, Moitt has also published numerous articles and book chapters that focus on Atlantic History. A former president of the Association of Caribbean Historians, and chair of the Department of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, he has travelled extensively and remains an active professor and researcher.

Language spoken: English