Chris Braithwaite: Mariner, Renegade, & Castaway

Here is an excellent contribution to a 'people s history of the sea.'" --Marcus Rediker, author of The Amistad Rebellion. Braithwaite's brave achievement should be on the curriculum of all our schools." --Chris Searle, Race & Class"Scrupulously referenced and with appendices of selected writings by Braithwaite, and some rare photos of him, this short publication will be of interest to students and researchers of twentieth century imperial and labour history, particularly maritime history. Høgsbjerg's study keeps anti-imperialist activism, often marginalized in the historiography, firmly in the historical eye. "Through his scrupulous research of the compelling life and times of Chris Braithwaite, Christian Høgsbjerg has uncovered the vital contribution of a pione

He is the author of C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain (Duke University Press, 2014) and the co-author of Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions (Pluto, 2017). Christian Høgsbjerg is a historian based in the United Kingdom who works for Leeds University Centre for African Studies. He is a member of the Socialist History Society, the Society for Caribbean Studies, and the editorial board of International Soci

Christian Høgsbjerg recovers Braithwaite's long overlooked life as a black radical and political trade-unionist, and suggests his determined struggle for working class unity in the face of racism and austerity retains relevance for us today.. He played a critical role in the Pan-Africanist and wider anti-colonial movement alongside figures such as C.L.R. James and George Padmore. Chris Braithwaite (aka "Chris Jones") was a black Barbadian seafarer who became a leading organiser of colonial seafarers in inter-war Britain