The Roots of Early Black Nationalism: Northern African Americans' Invocations of Haiti in the Early Nineteenth Century.
This article argues that Haiti played a far greater role in the cultural and political activities of northern free blacks than historians previously credited. The evolving political, economic and social makeup of Haiti during its first three decades of independence spurred African-American interest...
| Published in: | Slavery & Abolition Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 61 - 86 |
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Apr2007
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