Christopher L. Miller, The French Atlantic Triangle: Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade (Durham: Duke University Press Books, 2008). "The French slave trade forced more than one million Africans across the Atlantic to the islands of the Caribbean. It enabled France to establish Saint-Domingue, the single richest colony on earth, and it connected France, … Continue reading BOOK: Miller on The French Atlantic Triangle
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BOOK: Edwards on The Practice of Diaspora
Brent Hayes Edwards, The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2003). "A pathbreaking work of scholarship that will reshape our understanding of the Harlem Renaissance, The Practice of Diaspora revisits black transnational culture in the 1920s and 1930s, paying particular attention to links between intellectuals … Continue reading BOOK: Edwards on The Practice of Diaspora
BOOK: Nessler on Haitian Revolution and Santo Domingo
Graham T. Nessler, An Islandwide Struggle for Freedom: Revolution, Emancipation, and Reenslavement in Hispaniola, 1789-1809 (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016). "Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution as both an islandwide and a circum-Caribbean phenomenon, Graham Nessler examines the intertwined histories of Saint-Domingue, the French colony that became Haiti, and Santo Domingo, the Spanish … Continue reading BOOK: Nessler on Haitian Revolution and Santo Domingo
BOOK: Mauvois on Fugitive Slaves of Martinique
Bernard Mauvois, Les marrons de la mer: évasions d’esclaves de la Martinique vers les îles de la Caraïbe (1833-1848) (Karthala, 2017). "La mer entourant les colonies insulaires de la Caraïbe n’a jamais été une barrière et encore moins un obstacle insurmontable, mais au contraire une véritable voie vers les autres colonies. En 1833, alors que … Continue reading BOOK: Mauvois on Fugitive Slaves of Martinique
DIGITAL: Daut Launches “La Gazette Royale d’Hayti”
Congratulations Marlene L. Daut on the launch of a new digital project - La Gazette Royale d'Hayti! Read more: "The La Gazette Royale project, which I first began to develop in 2014, is designed to gather together and in one place for the first time all of the known issues of the two newspapers published … Continue reading DIGITAL: Daut Launches “La Gazette Royale d’Hayti”
BOOK: Flory on Slavery, l’Engagisme and Rachetés in the French Caribbean | Karthala
Céline Flory, De l esclavage à la liberté forcée. Histoire des travailleurs africains engagés dans la Caraïbe française au XIXe siècle (Paris: Karthala, 2015). via Karthala: "Entre 1854 et 1862, plus de 18 500 hommes, femmes et enfants originaires du continent africain, furent amenés en Guyane, en Guadeloupe et en Martinique. Afin d’y circonscrire … Continue reading BOOK: Flory on Slavery, l’Engagisme and Rachetés in the French Caribbean | Karthala
EDITED: Germain and Larcher on Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality
Félix Germain and Silyane Larcher, eds. Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality, 1848-2016 (University of Nebraska Press, 2018) via UNP: "Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality, 1848–2016 explores how black women in France itself, the French Caribbean, Gorée, Dakar, Rufisque, and Saint-Louis experienced and reacted to French colonialism and how gendered … Continue reading EDITED: Germain and Larcher on Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality
AUDIO: Flory, Regent, and Chivallon on Enslaved Resistance and Revolt
Céline Flory, Frédéric Regent, and Christine Chivallon discuss slave revolts and resistance with Emmanuel Laurentin. Listen: Esclavage : les révoltes et les résistances
SOURCE: Teaching Theresa: A Haytien Tale (1827) | @CommonplaceJrnl
Just Teach One covered Theresa: A Haytien Tale (1827). Edited and introduced by Eric Gardner and Nicole Aljoe. TEI-encoded by Sarah Stanley. With contributions from Joycelyn Moody, Nicole Aljoe, Michael Dean, Adam Kotlarczyk, Brigitte Fielder, Ed White, Katy L. Chiles, Cassander L. Smith, Julie Buckner Armstrong, Britt Rusert, and Michelle Carrigan. Read the rest: http://jtoaa.common-place.org/welcome-to-just-teach-one-african-american/theresa-a-haytien-tale/
BLOGROLL/SOURCE: Paul Clammer on Twitter on Belley and Free Black Women of Saint-Domingue
Paul Clammer recently tweeted: "V moved by this find, via @ANOM_officiel, of the presence of Jean-Baptiste Belley, once enslaved & later delegate to the French revolutionary National Convention, at funeral of a free black woman in Saint-Domingue in 1788. #Haiti #SlaveryArchive...Two weeks after attending the funeral of 70yr old Elizabeth Angelique, Belley returns for the … Continue reading BLOGROLL/SOURCE: Paul Clammer on Twitter on Belley and Free Black Women of Saint-Domingue
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