Eddins Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution

Collective Action in the African Diaspora
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-92273-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora

The Haitian Revolution was perhaps the most successful slave rebellion in modern history; it created the first and only free and independent Black nation in the Americas. This book tells the story of how enslaved Africans forcibly brought to colonial Haiti through the trans-Atlantic slave trade used their cultural and religious heritages, social networks, and labor and militaristic skills to survive horrific conditions. They built webs of networks between African and 'creole' runaways, slaves, and a small number of free people of color through rituals and marronnage - key aspects to building the racial solidarity that helped make the revolution successful. Analyzing underexplored archival sources and advertisements for fugitives from slavery, Crystal Eddins finds indications of collective consciousness and solidarity, unearthing patterns of resistance. Considering the importance of the Haitian Revolution and the growing scholarly interest in exploring it, Eddins fills an important gap in the existing literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eddins, Crystal Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Eddins, Crystal Nicole
Crystal Eddins is Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research has been supported by the Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellowship, the John Carter Brown Library, and the National Science Foundation.