Fear of a Black Republic

Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

Leslie M. Alexander (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

2022
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08690-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Leslie M. Alexander is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University. She is the author of African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784–1861 and coeditor of Ideas in Unexpected Places: Reimagining Black Intellectual History.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	14.11.2022
Reihe/Serie	Black Internationalism
Zusatzinfo	9 black & white photographs
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-08690-2 / 0252086902
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08690-8 / 9780252086908
Zustand	Neuware