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Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War: The Promise and Peril of a Second Haitian Revolution

By Matthew J. Clavin

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780812201611
DOI
10.9783/9780812201611
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2621305 bytes)
Pages
248\246
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 20:17:06

Description

This book examines how competing narratives about the Haitian Revolution influenced American public culture during the Civil War. It argues that both antislavery and proslavery groups appropriated the symbols of Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution in their attempts to determine the fate of slavery in the United States. This book examines how competing narratives about the Haitian Revolution influenced American public culture during the Civil War. It argues that both antislavery and proslavery groups appropriated the symbols of Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution in their attempts to determine the fate of slavery in the United States.

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