Philanthropy and Race in the Haitian Revolution

This book examines the ways in which a minority of primarily white, male, French philanthropists used their social standing and talents to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the crucial period of the Haitian Revolution. They went to great lengths to advocate for...

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Main Author: Johnson, Erica R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Subjects:
Latin America-History.
Imperialism.
France-History.
Social history.
ISBN:9783319761442
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Faith in Humanity: Philanthropists in the Colonial Clergy
  • Freeing the Mind: Breaking the Chains of Ideological Enslavement
  • Revolutionary Instruction: Creating Educational Equality in the Revolutionary French Atlantic
  • Liberating Public Opinion: The Press and a Saint-Dominguan Public Sphere
  • Brothers in Arms: Racial Equality in the Saint-Dominguan Colonial Forces
  • Representatives of Each Race: Abolishing Inequalities in Colonial Politics
  • Conclusion: Atlantic Philanthropists in Revolutionary Saint-Domingue.

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