Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War : the promise and peril of a second Haitian revolution / Matthew J. Clavin
- Author:
- Clavin, Matthew J.
- Published:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. "The insurrection of the Blacks in St. Domingo": Remembering Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution -- Pt. I. Opening the Civil War of Words -- Ch. 2. "He patterned his life after the San Domingan": John Brown, Toussaint Louverture, and the Triumph of Violent Abolitionism -- Ch. 3. "Contemplate, I beseech you, fellow-citizens, the example of St. Domingo": Abolitionist Dreams, Confederate Nightmares, and the Counterrevolution of Secession -- Pt. II. A Second Haitian Revolution? -- Ch. 4. "Liberty on the Battle-field": Haiti and the Movement to Arm Black Soldiers -- Ch. 5. "Emancipation or Insurrection": Haiti and the End of Slavery in America -- Pt. III. Nations Within a Nation -- Ch. 6. "Many a Touissant L'Overture amongst us": Black Identity -- Ch. 7. "A Repetition of San Domingo?": Southern White Identity -- Ch. 8. "Do we want another San Domingo to be repeated in the South?" Northern White Identity.
- Subject(s):
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803—Influence
- Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century
- African Americans—Race identity—History—19th century
- Whites—Race identity—United States—History—19th century
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Social aspects
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Causes
- Haiti—Foreign public opinion, American—History—19th century
- Haiti—History—Revolution, 1791-1804—Influence
- ISBN:
- 9780812242058 (hardcover : alk. paper)
081224205X (hardcover : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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