Brycchan Carey is an academic and author specialising in the history and culture of slavery and abolition in the British Empire. This site offers pages dedicated to black British writers before 1850, in particular Ignatius Sancho, Olaudah Equiano, and Ottobah Cugoano, as well as resources for the study of slavery, abolition, and emancipation, British Abolitionists, and e-texts of otherwise difficult-to-obtain texts, such as eighteenth-century poems about slavery. You will also find images and opinions about Cornwall, Brycchan's childhood home, and Gamlingay, Brycchan's current home. Brycchan's most recent book, on the birth of American antislavery, is From Peace to Freedom.

I have been working on the topic for almost two decades, so, as you'd expect, much of my website is concerned with the history and literature of slavery and abolition, and with black writers in eighteenth-century Britain. The main pages are:

• Resources for slavery, abolition, and emancipation
• Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) African Man of Letters
• Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
• Ottobah Cugoano: a former slave speaks out
• British Abolitionists: biographies of people who worked against slavery
• Books I've written or edited: mostly about slavery and abolition.
• Complete index of this website

I have a lot going on, and much of it is reflected on this website. The main pages are:

• Places: photos, literature, and information about my favourite places.
• Cornwall and the Cornish: The main place: photos, literature, folk songs.
• The Bookshop: good books, on sale with pithy and incisive reviews (includes books I've written)
• Etexts: an index of over 50 etexts available on this site
• Read my CV
• Complete index of this website

I am a Reader in English Literature at Kingston University in Surrey, United Kingdom. ( A "Reader" is equivalent to the international grade "Associate Professor".) I am a specialist in the literature and culture of the eighteenth century, and I work primarily on empire, slavery, and abolition.

My early work was on antislavery rhetoric, but in recent years I have mostly worked on the relationship between literature, culture, and place, particularly in relation to the British and American slave trade. I have worked on the way slavery was experienced locally in London, Guernsey, Cornwall, Barbados, and Pennsylvania. I am currently President of The Literary London Society and Treasurer of The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

My most recent book is From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1658-1761, which is about the development of Quaker antislavery thought in the British American colonies. It was published by Yale University Press in 2012. I am currently writing a book on the relationship between slavery and environmental catastrophe.

And yes, my name is spelled (or spelt) incorrectly. The proper Welsh spelling is "Brychan". Click here to see why

I hope you've enjoyed your visit. I'm always adding to my site and I'm always glad to hear your views on what I'm doing. If you'd like to get in touch please send me email, but before you do, do read the Frequently Asked Questions. If you have nothing better to do, why not take a look at all the books I've written and edited or, if you're really keen, you could read my CV. If you'd like to receive regular updates about this site and my other activities, you could follow me on Twitter. Either way, thank you for visiting!