{"product_id":"fear-of-a-black-republic-9780252044816","title":"Fear of a Black Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this clear and impeccably researched volume, historian Leslie M. Alexander explores the imperative role Haiti and the Haitian Revolution played in the growth of Black internationalism, sovereignty and freedom. \" --\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive feat of scholarly research, unremitting in its focus on Black discourses and activities, as recorded in African American serial publications and institutions. The book luminously chronicles the hopes and dreams, the aspirations and yearnings, that United States Black folk invested in the Haitian Revolution and what it wrought, the sovereign state of Haiti.”--Michael O. West, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. A United and Valiant People: Black Visions of Haiti at the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Ruin Stares Everybody in the Face: The Era of the Indemnity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Haiti Must Be Acknowledged: The Fight for Haitian Recognition Begins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Voices of the People Will Be Heard: Haiti Comes to Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Let Us Leave This Buckra Land for Hayti: The Limits of Black Utopia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. I Will Sink or Swim with My Race: Black Internationalism in the Era of Soulouque\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. A Long-Cherished Desire: Haitian Emigration during the U.S. Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Too Soon to Rejoice?: The Battle for Haitian Recognition in the U.S. Civil War Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti for Being Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400456282455,"sku":"9780252044816","price":92.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fear-of-a-black-republic-9780252044816","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}