Wanted! a Nation! : Black Americans and Haiti, 1804-1893 / Claire Bourhis-Mariotti, C. Jon Delogu, and Ronald Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourhis-Mariotti, Claire, author.

Delogu, Christopher Jon, author.

Johnson, Ronald, author.

Series:

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900 ; Volume 44.

Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Series ; Volume 44

Standardized Title:

L'union fait la force. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Free African Americans--Haiti--History--19th century.

Free African Americans.

African Americans--Haiti--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Relations with Haitians--History--19th century.

Immigrants--Haiti--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Haiti--History--19th century.

Haiti.

United States--Relations--Haiti.

United States.

Haiti--Relations--United States.

United States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.

Douglass, Frederick.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Covering the whole of the nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! reveals how Haiti remained a focus of attention for white as well as Black Americans before, during, and even after the Civil War. Before the Civil War, Claire Bourhis-Mariotti argues, the Black republic was considered by free Black Americans as a place where full citizenship was at hand. Haiti was essentially viewed and concretely experienced as a refuge during moments when free Black Americans lost hope of obtaining rights in the United States. Haiti is also at the heart of this book, as Haitian leaders supported the American emigration to Haiti (in the 1820s and early 1860s), opposed the American geostrategic and diplomatic diktats in the 1870s and 1880s, and finally offered an international platform to Frederick Douglass at the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, thus helping Black people who faced discrimination at home to fight first against slavery and the slave trade, and then for equal rights. By spanning the entire nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! presents a complex panorama of the emergence of African American identity and argues that Haiti should be considered as an essential prism to understand how African Americans forged their identity in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a variety of sources, Wanted! A Nation! goes far beyond the usual framework of national American history and contributes to the writing of an Atlantic and global history of the struggle for equal rights. By spanning the entire nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! presents a complex panorama of the emergence of African American identity and argues that Haiti should be considered as an essential prism to understand how African Americans forged their identity in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a variety of sources, Wanted! A Nation! goes far beyond the usual framework of national American history and contributes to the writing of an Atlantic and global history of the struggle for equal rights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Haiti, the Promised Land?

Haiti and the "Black Nationality" Project

The Second Wave of Emigration to Haiti

Abraham Lincoln's Project for Haiti

Haiti's Growing Strategic Importance for U.S. Imperialist Ambitions

Frederick Douglass's Diplomatic Career in Haiti

Haiti and Frederick Douglass at the Chicago World's Fair

From Haiti to Chicago, Frederick Douglass and the Renewal of Black American Activism.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Original title: L'union fait la force : les Noirs americains et Haïti, 1804-1893.

ISBN:

0-8203-6555-6

0-8203-6271-9

OCLC:

1382341041