Bernard Moitt

Bernard Moitt is a Professor of History 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. His research and publications draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary French sources that encompass aspects of the history of Bordeaux and other principal French ports. This endeavor enables him to view the socio-economic development of Bordeaux and other entities in a global context, prior to the fall of the Ancien Régime and beyond. 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 who adores gastronomy.

Language spoken: English