The fires of liberty”
American abolitionist perspectives on the Haitian revolution, 1791–1806
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16768784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R N Swanson (0000-0002-1641-5492, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Robert Swanson (University of Missouri) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-194 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14664658.2024.2361532 |
| OpenAlex | W4399684154 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 72 |
This article explores how American abolitionists reacted to the Haitian Revolution between the start of the Revolution in 1791 till the passage of Congressional legislation banning trade with Haiti in 1806. Abolitionists' reactions to the Revolution illustrate some of the unifying and dividing ideas deeply imbedded within the abolition movement. The Haitian Revolution did not create the divisions between abolitionists, but rather brought to the forefront divides that had already existed from the formation of the movement. Importantly, this article illustrates how dichotomic framings of American abolitionism as either radical or conservative are insufficient to explain the diversity of thought within the movement, as reflected in abolitionists' reactions to Haiti
Abolitionism · Diversity (politics · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law
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Maroon Nation
Avengers of the New World
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution 1770-1823
Encountering Revolution
Antislavery Science in the Early Republic
The Slave's Cause
Making Slavery History
Diplomacy in Black and White
Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution
Dangerous Neighbors
Mosquito Empires
The Ragged Road to Abolition Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865
The Problem of Emancipation
Whispers of Rebellion
Until Justice Be Done
Friends of the Negro! Fly with me, The path is open to the sea
Undoing Slavery
Philadelphia's Black Elite
Abraham Bishop's Vocation; or, the Mediation of Jeffersonian Politics
Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical
A Deep Interest in Your Cause’
What kind of abolitionist was Benjamin Banneker? Reluctant activism and the intellectual lives of early black Americans
Opportunist or Patriot? Julien Raimond (1744–1801) and the Haitian Revolution
Jefferson and Haiti
Beyond Freedom and Slavery
Gabriel's Rebellion
Go to our brethren, the Haytians”
Caribbean Crossing
Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War The Promise and Peril of a Second Haitian Revolution
Philadelphia not Philanthropolis
Trading Races
America's Response to the Slave Revolt in Haiti, 1791-1806
Colonization and Its Discontents
Toussaint, Gabriel, and Three Finger’d Jack
The Strange History of the American Quadroon
Eighty-Eight Years
The Long Emancipation
Lucky to be born in Pennsylvania’
Toussaint's Clause
Slavery and the Law in Atlantic Perspective
Time, Space, and Jurisdiction in Atlantic World Slavery
Saint Domingue in Virginia
The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
Disowning Slavery
Liberty's Chain
The Roots of Early Black Nationalism
Inhuman Bondage
Toussaint Louvrture and Political Thought
Haiti, Free Soil, and Antislavery in the Revolutionary Atlantic
Going to the Territory
Abolishing Slavery in Motion
Dessalines Toro d'Haïti
Race and Sensibility in the Early Republic
Abraham Bishop, "The Rights of Black Men," and the American Reaction to the Haitian Revolution
Black Utopia
Slave-for-Sale Advertisements and Slavery in Massachusetts, 1704-1781
"A "class of Citizens
Atlantic Slavery, Atlantic Freedom
The empire of necessity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |