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Book SynopsisWhen Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed Haitian independence on January 1, 1804, Haiti became the second independent republic, after the United States, in the Americas; the Haitian Revolution was the first successful antislavery and anticolonial revolution in the western hemisphere. The histories of Haiti and the early United States were intimately linked in terms of politics, economics, and geography, but unlike Haiti, the United States would remain a slaveholding republic until 1865. While the Haitian Revolution was a beacon for African Americans and abolitionists in the United States, it was a terrifying specter for proslavery forces there, and its effects were profound. In the wake of Haiti''s liberation, the United States saw reconfigurations of its geography, literature, politics, and racial and economic structures.
The Haitian Revolution and the Early United States explores the relationship between the dramatic events of the Haitian Revolution and the development
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"This deeply impressive interdisciplinary collection reckons with the "accidents" occasioned by the Haitian Revolution, positioning them in relation to the developing United States. . . . The volume both adds to a long neglected historiographical narrative and gestures toward an alternative American canon shadowed by the missed potentialities of the Haitian Revolution." * Critical Inquiry *
"This is an amazing collection of essays-beautifully conceived and organized, nuanced and sophisticated. A great collection for teaching as well as a superb resource for future research." * Anna Brickhouse, University of Virginia *
"The novelty of The Haitian Revolution and the Early United States lies in its multidisciplinary approach. No other work brings together such a diverse collection of essays by such esteemed academics." * Matthew J. Clavin, University of Houston *
