Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States 9780252053863, 2022018671, 2022018672, 9780252044816, 9780252086908
The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora
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English Year 2022
Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A United and Valiant People: Black Visions of Haiti at the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 2. Ruin Stares Everybody in the Face: The Era of the Indemnity
Chapter 3. Haiti Must Be Acknowledged: The Fight for Haitian Recognition Begins
Chapter 4. The Voices of the People Will Be Heard: Haiti Comes to Washington
Chapter 5. Let Us Leave This Buckra Land for Hayti: The Limits of Black Utopia
Chapter 6. I Will Sink or Swim with My Race: Black Internationalism in the Era of Soulouque
Chapter 7. A Long-Cherished Desire: Haitian Emigration during the U.S. Civil War
Chapter 8. Too Soon to Rejoice?: The Battle for Haitian Recognition in the U.S. Civil War Era
Epilogue: We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti for Being Black
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A United and Valiant People: Black Visions of Haiti at the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 2. Ruin Stares Everybody in the Face: The Era of the Indemnity
Chapter 3. Haiti Must Be Acknowledged: The Fight for Haitian Recognition Begins
Chapter 4. The Voices of the People Will Be Heard: Haiti Comes to Washington
Chapter 5. Let Us Leave This Buckra Land for Hayti: The Limits of Black Utopia
Chapter 6. I Will Sink or Swim with My Race: Black Internationalism in the Era of Soulouque
Chapter 7. A Long-Cherished Desire: Haitian Emigration during the U.S. Civil War
Chapter 8. Too Soon to Rejoice?: The Battle for Haitian Recognition in the U.S. Civil War Era
Epilogue: We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti for Being Black
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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- Leslie M. Alexander
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