Haitian History

New Perspectives

Alyssa Sepinwall, Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781135766559
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but could not explain how it came to be so.

In recent years, the amount of scholarship about the island has increased dramatically. Whereas once this scholarship was focused on Haiti's political or military leaders, now the historiography of Haiti features lively debates and different schools of thought. Even as this body of knowledge has developed, it has been hard for students to grasp its various strands. Haitian History presents the best of the recent articles on Haitian history, by both Haitian and foreign scholars, moving from colonial Saint Domingue to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. It will be the go-to one-volume introduction to the field of Haitian history, helping to explain how the promise of the Haitian Revolution dissipated, and presenting the major debates and questions in the field today.

INDEX

References to notes consist of the page number followed by the letter ‘n’ followed by the number of the note, e.g. 54n47 refers to footnote no.47 on page 54. References to tables are shown in bold.

abolitionism : and the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) 40, 46, 53n34, 133–4; in the U.S. 198, 204, 206, 208; see also slave resistance; slavery

abortion, as slave resistance 56

Acaau, Louis-Jean-Jacques 172, 186–7

Adam, André 191

Adams, Henry 47, 49

Adams, John 109, 128–9, 130

Adams, John Quincy 206

afforestation 248; see also deforestation

affranchis 67, 181, 183; see also anciens libres; gens de couleur

Afric-American Repository 211

African-Americans : effect of Haitian Revolution on Black Northerners 112, 199, 204; emigration movements to Haiti 111–12, 133–4, 197–8, 199–204, 208–11; endorsement of Haitian independence 107, 198, 204–8; Harlem Renaissance 218; labor history 160; seamen 129; slavery 33, 109, 124–8, 206–7, 210–11, 212; Tuskegee utilitarian education 252; and U.S. military intervention in Haiti (1994) 304–5; and U.S. occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) 216–17; vacations in Haiti 228; see also “French Negroes”

African Methodist Church 201

African School (Boston) 199

Afro-Creole cultures of opposition 159, 160, 167, 171

Agence France Presse 278

agriculture 106, 162, 171, 182, 225, 226–7, 248–9

aid development programs seedevelopment programs

AIDS 6, 285–7

Aja people 99

Akan (Coromanti) organizations 95

Alexander, Leslie 5, 108, 111–12

Alexandre, Boniface 224

Alexis, Père Jacques 285, 287, 290, 291, 292

Alexis, Jacques Stephen 258, 259, 265

Alexis, Nord 190

Allen, Bishop Richard 201

American Historical Review 2

American Revolution 2, 15, 36, 41, 77, 129

Amis des Noirs see Socié...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• SECTION I From Saint-Domingue to Haiti
• 1 An Unthinkable History The Haitian Revolution as a Non-Event (excerpts)
• 2 Slave Resistance (Excerpt from The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution From Below)
• 3 Saint-Domingue on the Eve of the Haitian Revolution
• 4 “I Am the Subject of the King of Congo” African Political Ideology and the Haitian Revolution (excerpts)
• SECTION II Independent Haiti in a Hostile World Haiti in the Nineteenth Century
• 5 The Politics of “French Negroes” in the United States
• 6 Talk about Haiti The Archive and the Atlantic's Haitian Revolution
• 7 Sword-Bearing Citizens Militarism and Manhood in Nineteenth-Century Haiti (excerpts)
• 8 Rural Protest and Peasant Revolt, 1804–1869 (Excerpt from Haiti in Caribbean Context)
• 9 “The Black Republic” The Influence of the Haitian Revolution on Northern Black Political Consciousness, 1816–1862 (excerpts)
• SECTION III From the Occupation to the Earthquake Haiti in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
• 10 Under the Gun (Excerpt from Haiti and The United States: The Psychological Moment)
• 11 Vive 1804! The Haitian Revolution and the Revolutionary Generation of 1946
• 12 Dynastic Dictatorship The Duvalier Years, 1957–1986 (Excerpt from Haiti: The Breached Citadel)
• 13 The Water Refugees (From AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame)
• 14 The Rise, Fall, and Second Coming of Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Excerpts)
• 15 Eternity Lasted Less than Sixty Seconds …
• Index