Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution

by Marlene L. Daut

Book Overview

The Haitian Revolution was a powerful blow against colonialism and slavery, and as its thinkers and fighters blazed the path to universal freedom, they forced anticolonial, antislavery, and antiracist ideals into modern political grammar. The first state in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery, outlaw color prejudice, and forbid colonialism, Haitians established their nation in a hostile Atlantic World. Slavery was ubiquitous throughout the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469676842
• ISBN13: 9781469676845
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"