Colin A. Palmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Jamaican-American historian
Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1944
Place of Birth: Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica
Date of Death: 20-Jun-2019
Profession: professor, historian
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Colin A. Palmer
- Colin Alphonsous Palmer (March 23, 1944 - June 20, 2019) was a Jamaican American historian.
- He was a Dodge Professor of History and African American studies at Princeton University.Palmer was an author of several monographs pertaining to the history of diasporic Africans.
- His worked mainly focusing on the effects of the enslavement and colonization of Africans.
- The effects that he discusses are known as the African Diaspora.
- Palmer attended the University of the West Indies for his bachelor's degree and then went on to receive his masters and PH.D from the University of Wisconsin.
- He went on to teach at several institutions including Oakland University, the University of North Carolina, and the City University of New York.
- One of his most notable works, Freedom's Children, concerns the plight of Jamaican workers almost 100 years after the abolition of slavery.
- The monograph contains an in-depth history of British colonialism in Jamaica.
- It provides insight on Alexander Bustamante's association with the imperial regime, the rise of trade unions and the beginning of party politics in Jamaica.
- These topics are thoroughly detailed in this work, bringing the harshness of the British regime to light.
- Colin Palmer's works concerned the history of Blacks from several regions, including Jamaica, Mexico, America, and Africa.
- In addition to his books, Palmer also published academic articles in journals such as The Black Scholar.
- He later worked as a managing editor for the Blacks Studies Center and teaches at the University of Princeton.
- Palmer died in Kingston, Jamaica on June 20, 2019.
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