Marjoleine Kars

Marjoleine Kars is a professor of history at MIT. A noted historian of slavery, she is the author of Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (The New Press) and Breaking Loose Together. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

News and Reviews

Lit Hub

Read an excerpt from Blood on the River in Lit Hub about the complexities of the 1763 slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (present-day Guyana).

The Conversation

Read an op-ed by author Marjoleine Kars in The Conversation about the telling of history, access to archives, and the legacy of slavery.

NPR Books

Read a review of Blood on the River in NPR Books.

Books by Marjoleine Kars

Blood on the River
A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast

Marjoleine Kars