Philanthropy and Race in the Haitian Revolution

This book examines the ways in which a minority of primarily white, male, French philanthropists used their social standing and talents to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the crucial period of the Haitian Revolution.  They went to great lengths to advocate for the application of universal human rights through political activities, academic societies, religious charity, influence on public opinion, and fraternity in the armed services.  The motives for their benevolence ran the gamut from genuine altruism to the selfish pursuit of prestige, which could, on occasion, lead to political or economic benefit from aiding blacks and people of color. This book offers a view that takes into account the efforts of all peoples who worked to end slavery and establish racial equality in Saint-Domingue and challenges simplistic notions of the Haitian Revolution, which lean too heavily on an assumed strict racial divide between black and white.

Info autore

Erica R. Johnson
is Assistant Professor of History at Francis Marion University, USA. She specializes in the French Atlantic world.

Riassunto

Focuses on a little-known group of primarily white, male, French philanthropists and their efforts to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the Haitiain Revolution


Challenges simplistic notions of the Haitian Revolution that lean too heavily on a purported strict racial divide between black and white


Considers the activities of philanthropists on both sides of the Atlantic to achieve universal human rights, looking beyond to the larger Atlantic abolition movement 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erica R. Johnson, Erica R Johnson
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2019
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9783030094133
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3009413-3
• Numero di pagine: 249
• Illustrazioni: XII, 249 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.8 x 1.4 x 21 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 349 g
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
• Categorie: Frankreich, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, B, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Colonialism & imperialism, auseinandersetzen, imperialism, Imperialism and Colonialism, Latin American History, Latin America—History, France—History, History of France