Empire and emancipation: Scottish and Irish Catholics at the Atlantic fringe, 1780–1850. By S. Karly Kehoe. Pp xii, 287. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2022. $32.95.

Abstract

between clerical leaders, the laity and colonial administrations. Kehoe shows that in Trinidad French in fl uence, the history of slavery and perceptions of race con-tributed to the complex relationship between colonial authorities and the church. Transnational histories have their greatest impact when they destabilise our assumptions about the direction and velocity of historical fl ows and force us to confront the complex, multi-directional movement of peoples, ideas and materials in the past. Empire and emanci- pation provides an exemplar of excellent transnational history that challenges us to rethink important questions about the making of British identity and the place of the Irish within the British empire. With its skilful and sustained focus upon these Atlantic colonies, the