Michael D. Bennett
Dr Michael D. Bennett is a historian of early modern empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He specialises in the history of early modern Britain, Caribbean slavery, and the East India Company. He is currently a Lecturer in Early Modern British History at The University of Sheffield.
Contact: m.d.bennett@sheffield.ac.uk
Recent Publications
‘Caribbean Plantation Economies as Colonial Models: The Case of the English East India Company and St. Helena in the Late Seventeenth Century’, Atlantic Studies (2022).
‘Report on Sheffield, Slavery, and its Legacies’ (2021) [50 pages] – with R. J. Knight.