Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution : Collective Action in the African Diaspora

Description

Cover Half-title Series information Title page Copyright information Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Consciousness and Collective Action, Revolutions, and the Black Radical Tradition Theoretical Framework Historiography Methodology and Outline of Study Part I Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society Cover 1 ''We Have a False Idea of the Negro'': Legacies of Resistance and the African Past Domestic African Slavery and the French Trade Political Systems, The Slave Trade, And Religion The Bight of Benin Senegambia and Other Areas West Central Africa The Middle Passage and Resistance to the Slave Trade Slave Ships: Sites of Illness, Death, and Intimacy African Marronnage, Rebellion, and Revolution Slave Ship Insurrections Conclusion 2 In the Shadow of Death Ayiti The First Ayitian Revolution: African Resistance and Marronnage in the Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries French Slavery and Race in Saint-Domingue The Social Conditions of Labor Exploitation Indigo Coffee Sugar Human Commodification and Death African-inspired Cultural Creations in Saint-Domingue Death Rites Worldviews and Ritual Life Vaudoux Islam West Central African Beliefs and Practices Conclusion Part II Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Networks and Ties, Geographies and Space 3 ''God knows what I do'': Ritual Free Spaces Poison The Mackandal Affair African-Atlantic Ethnic Solidarities The Politics of Death Poison Post-Mackandal: 1760s-1780s Communities of Rebellion ''Dom Pedro'' Calendas Sacred Martial Arts Maroons Mobilizing the Calenda Ritual Rebels Women and Midwifery Conclusion 4 Mobilizing Marronnage: Race, Collective Identity, and Solidarity Fragmentation: race, ethnicity, and gender Gender Race and Ethnicity Individual and Group Escapes Collective Identity: Homogeneous Group Escapes Racial Solidarity: Heterogeneous Group Escapes Intra-American Slave Trade Captives in Saint-Domingue Social Network Ties and Destinations Gender and Birth Origin Labor Family and Plantation Ties Santo Domingo and Free Communities Conclusion 5 Marronnage as Reclamation Reimagining status and identity Passing as Free Appropriating Material Goods and Technologies Militancy Bearing Arms Reclamation of time Long-Term Escapes Repeat Escapes The Timing of Marronnage Conclusion 6 Geographies of Subversion: Maroons, Borders, and Empire The Spatiality of Marronnage Hiding in Plain Sight Reaching the Inaccessible Waterways: Routes of Un/slaving Sites of Contention: The Saint-Domingue-Santo Domingo Border Maroons Making the Border Conclusion Part III Collective Action and Revolution 7 ''We Must Stop the Progress of Marronnage'': Repertoires and Repression Repression in the Early Eighteenth Century Coercion Channeling Maroon Insurgency against Repression Opportunities to Rebel Inter-Imperial Dynamics and the Environment A Local and International ''Common Wind'' Conclusion 8 Voices of Liberty: The Haitian Revolution Begins Runaway and Plantation Rebels The South The West The Northern Insurrection Bwa Kayman and ''Zamba'' Boukman Dutty Women Bridge Leaders Marronnage and Solidarity During the Haitian Revolution Conclusion Notes Introduction 1 ''We Have a False Idea of the Negro'': Legacies of Resistance and the African Past 2 In the Shadow of Death 3 ''God Knows What I Do'' 4 Mobilizing Marronnage 5 Marronnage as Reclamation 6 Geographies of Subversion: Maroons, Borders, and Empire 7 ''We Must Stop the Progress of Marronage'': Repertoires and Repression 8 Voices of Liberty: The Haiitian Revolution Begins Conclusion References Archives Newspapers Primary Sources Secondary Sources Books, Chapters, and Articles Unpublished ManuscriptsManuel, Keith Anthony. (2005). ''Slavery, Coffee, and Family in a Frontier Society: Jérémie and Its Hinterland, 1780-1789.'' Master's Thesis, The University of Florida.Mobley, Christina Frances. (2015). ''The Kongolese Atlantic: Central African Slavery & Culture from Mayombé to Haiti.'' PhD Diss., Duke University.Sommerdyk, Stacey Jean Muriel. (2012). ''Trade and the Merchant Community of the Loango Coast in the Eighteenth Century.'' PhD Diss., University of Hull. ProQuest (AAT U635171).Sosis, Howard Justin. (1971). ''The Colonial Environment and Religion in Haiti: An Introduction to the Black Slave Cults in Eighteenth Century Saint Domingue.'' PhD Diss., Columbia University. ProQuest (AAT 7412768).Walton, Rachel. (201... Online Sources Index