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fear
Fear of a Black Planet
foreign affairs
foreign policy
freedom
global history
Haiti
Haitian Revolution
immigration
independence
international affairs
internationalism
migration
non-recognition
Pan-African
political history
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Product details
- ISBN 9780252086908
- Weight: 594g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 27 Dec 2022
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Leslie M. Alexander’s study reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people in the United States defended the young Caribbean nation from forces intent on maintaining slavery and white supremacy. Concentrating on Haiti’s place in the history of Black internationalism, Alexander illuminates the ways Haitian independence influenced Black thought and action in the United States. As she shows, Haiti embodied what whites feared most: Black revolution and Black victory. Thus inspired, Black activists in the United States embraced a common identity with Haiti’s people, forging the idea of a united struggle that merged the destinies of Haiti with their own striving for freedom.
A bold exploration of Black internationalism’s origins, Fear of a Black Republic links the Haitian revolution to the global Black pursuit of liberation, justice, and social equality.
Leslie M. Alexander is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University. She is the author of African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784–1861 and coeditor of Ideas in Unexpected Places: Reimagining Black Intellectual History.
