African Americans and the Haitian Revolution: Selected Essays and Historical Documents

Bringing together scholarly essays and annotated primary documents, this volume collects not only the best recent scholarship on the titular subject, but also showcases the primary texts written by African Americans about the Haitian Revolution. Rather than being about the revolution itself, this collection attempts to show how the events in Haiti served to galvanize African Americans to think about themselves and to act in accordance with their beliefs, and contributes to the study of African Americans in the wider Atlantic World.