Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution: Collective Action in the African Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9781009256155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 378 str.

Charlotte) Edd Crystal Nicole (University of North Carolina

Opis

A new analysis of the origins of the Haitian Revolution, revealing the consciousness, solidarity, and resistance that helped it succeed.

Recenzje

'Recommended.' R. I. Rotberg, CHOICE

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society: 1. 'We Have a False Idea of the Negro': Legacies of Resistance and the African Past; 2. In the Shadow of Death; Part II. Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Geographies and Space, Networks and Ties: 3. 'God Knows What I Do': Ritual Free Spaces; 4. Mobilizing Marronnage: Race, Collective Identity, and Solidarity; 5. Marronnage as Reclamation; 6. Geographies of Subversion: Maroons, Borders, and Empire; Part III. Collective Action and Revolution: 7. 'We Must Stop the Progress of Marronnage': Repertoires and Repression; 8. Voices of Liberty: The Haitian Revolution Begins; Conclusion; Index; Notes; References.