The Queen’s Silence

About Brooke

Brooke Newman is an Associate Professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is an award-winning historian of early modern Britain and the British monarchy, with a research specialization in the history and legacies of slavery. Her essays have appeared in The Guardian, Slate, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, i-news, and Scalawag Magazine, and her research on the Crown’s historical links to slavery has been featured by the BBC, NPR, PRX, Vox, Yahoo News, CBC, ABC, Time, Smithsonian Magazine, the Richmond Times Dispatch, Al Jazeera, and other outlets.