Julia Gaffield, PhD

@juliagaffield.bsky.social

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Historian (she/her) https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/

A bright blue soccer jersey made by Saeta for the Haitian World Cup team. The jersey features a group of people, one of whom is holding the Haitian flag. The jersey was banned by FIFA as "political."
Cover of a book titled "I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom," featuring a painting of Dessalines by Ulrick Jean-Pierre.
An image of Anna from the Disney movie Frozen. She has her arms outstretched and her eyes closed, and she looks joyful. The words "for the first time in forever" appear in big block letters across the top and bottom of the image.
A photo of a hand holding Anna O. Law's pathbreaking book, "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship," in front of a bookshelf that holds books and a lovely pothos plant.
Screenshot of text that says: "Sir, I can liken this proclamation," he derided, "to nothing but the idle vapourings of a fettered maniac, menacing, from the grates of his cell, the overthrow of the world."
Original broadside printing of the Haitian Declaration of Independence. The document is titled "Liberté ou la Mort" and "Armée Indigène," and it is held by the National Archives of the United Kingdom (call number MFQ 1/184).
A poster for the Miami Book Fair with photos of Marlene Daut, Olive Senior, Julia Gaffield, and Chantalle Verna, announcing the title of the panel, "Reclaiming History: Power, Resistance, and Cultural Memory," and the time and location of the panel, Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 2pm in Building 3, Room 8302.