Tony Frazier is a historian of modern Europe, with a specialty in the comparative history of slavery and emancipation in modern Britain. He has secondary interests in African American history and digital history. He conducts research in Black British history, material culture, Atlantic slavery, African American intellectual history and memory. Dr. Frazier has taught courses in Early Modern European History, Modern European History, British History, African American history, African Diaspora, United States, and World History. He currently serves on the Council of the American Historical Association (AHA).

He is currently writing his book manuscript tentatively titled Slaves Without Wages: Runaway Black Slaves and Servants in Eighteenth-Century London. This project investigates the meaning of freedom and liberty in English society, particularly as it relates to enslaved Black people, both before and after the 1772 Somerset Case. His research has been funded by the National Humanities Center.

After the completion of the book, he will continue to work on a digital history project that documents the origins of Emancipation Days and memory in African American communities after the Civil War.