Claire Bourhis-Mariotti, Wanted! A Nation! Black Americans and Haiti, 1804-1893

Claire Bourhis-Mariotti’s book studies the history of the complex relationships between the African American community and Haiti throughout the 19th century. It focuses on the free Black population who had the education and means to express itself. It traces the history of the Black American intell...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ideas,
Autor Principal: Jerad, Rahma
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Français
Publicado: IdeAs 2025
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Claire Bourhis-Mariotti’s book studies the history of the complex relationships between the African American community and Haiti throughout the 19th century. It focuses on the free Black population who had the education and means to express itself. It traces the history of the Black American intellectual elite, who had a first-hand experience of Haiti and left written records of such experience. The author’s central argument is that Haiti did not only play a major role in the “development of...