Leslie M. Alexander

Fear of a Black Republic

Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

"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"--

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Produktdetails

• Black Internationalism
• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780252086908
• ISBN-10: 0252086902
• Artikelnr.: 63626595

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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