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Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
University of Illinois Press, 2023 Cloth: 978-0-252-04481-6 | eISBN: 978-0-252-05386-3 | Paper: 978-0-252-08690-8 Library of Congress Classification E185.18.A43 2023 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.546097309034
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Leslie M. Alexander’s study reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people in the United States defended the young Caribbean nation from forces intent on maintaining slavery and white supremacy. Concentrating on Haiti’s place in the history of Black internationalism, Alexander illuminates the ways Haitian independence influenced Black thought and action in the United States. As she shows, Haiti embodied what whites feared most: Black revolution and Black victory. Thus inspired, Black activists in the United States embraced a common identity with Haiti’s people, forging the idea of a united struggle that merged the destinies of Haiti with their own striving for freedom. A bold exploration of Black internationalism’s origins, Fear of a Black Republic links the Haitian revolution to the global Black pursuit of liberation, justice, and social equality. See other books on: Black nationalism | Black Studies (Global) | Caribbean & Latin American Studies | Fear | Haiti See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Illinois Press, 2023
Cloth: 978-0-252-04481-6
eISBN: 978-0-252-05386-3
Paper: 978-0-252-08690-8
Cloth: 978-0-252-04481-6
eISBN: 978-0-252-05386-3
Paper: 978-0-252-08690-8
The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Leslie M. Alexander’s study reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people in the United States defended the young Caribbean nation from forces intent on maintaining slavery and white supremacy. Concentrating on Haiti’s place in the history of Black internationalism, Alexander illuminates the ways Haitian independence influenced Black thought and action in the United States. As she shows, Haiti embodied what whites feared most: Black revolution and Black victory. Thus inspired, Black activists in the United States embraced a common identity with Haiti’s people, forging the idea of a united struggle that merged the destinies of Haiti with their own striving for freedom.
A bold exploration of Black internationalism’s origins, Fear of a Black Republic links the Haitian revolution to the global Black pursuit of liberation, justice, and social equality.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
