Rituals, runaways, and the Haitian Revolution : collective action in the African diaspora /
The Haitian Revolution was perhaps the most successful slave rebellion in modern history; it created the first and only free and independent Black nation in the Americas. This book tells the story of how enslaved Africans forcibly brought to colonial Haiti through the trans-Atlantic slave trade used...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies on the African diaspora.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The Haitian Revolution was perhaps the most successful slave rebellion in modern history; it created the first and only free and independent Black nation in the Americas. This book tells the story of how enslaved Africans forcibly brought to colonial Haiti through the trans-Atlantic slave trade used their cultural and religious heritages, social networks, and labor and militaristic skills to survive horrific conditions. They built webs of networks between African and 'creole' runaways, slaves, and a small number of free people of color through rituals and marronnage - key aspects to building the racial solidarity that helped make the revolution successful. Analyzing underexplored archival sources and advertisements for fugitives from slavery, Crystal Eddins finds indications of collective consciousness and solidarity, unearthing patterns of resistance. Considering the importance of the Haitian Revolution and the growing scholarly interest in exploring it, Eddins fills an important gap in the existing literature. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 9781108919890 (ebook) |
