We Dream Together
Dominican Independence, Haiti, and the Fight for Caribbean Freedom
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About This Book
In We Dream Together Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of conflict between the Dominican Republic and Haiti by tracing the complicated history of Dominican emancipation and independence between 1822 and 1865. Eller moves beyond the small body of writing by Dominican elites that often narrates Dominican nationhood to craft inclusive, popular histories of identity, community, and freedom, summoning sources that range from trial records and consul reports to poetry and song. Rethinking Dominican relationships with their communities, the national project, and the greater Caribbean, Eller shows how popular anticolonial resistance was anchored in a rich and complex political culture. Haitians and Dominicans fostered a common commitment to Caribbean freedom, the abolition of slavery, and popular democracy, often well beyond the reach of the state. By showing how the island's political roots are deeply entwined, and by contextualizing this history within the wider Atlantic world, Eller demonstrates the centrality of Dominican anticolonial struggles for understanding independence and emancipation throughout the Caribbean and the Americas.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Timeline
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Roots and Branches of the Tree of Liberty
- One. Life by Steam: The Dominican Republic’s First Republic, 1844–1861
- Two. Soon It Will Be Mexico’s Turn: Caribbean Empire and Dominican Annexation
- Three. The White Race Is Destined to Occupy This Island: Annexation and the Question of Free Labor
- Four. The Haitians or the Whites? Colonization and Resistance, 1861–1863
- Five. You Promised to Die of Hunger: Resistance, Slavery, and All-Out War
- Six. The Lava Spread Everywhere: Rural Revolution, the Provisional Government, and Haiti
- Seven. Nothing Remains Anymore: The Last Days of Spanish Rule
- Epilogue. Between Fear and Hope
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index