Black Jacobin, Black Girondin? Reconsidering Luiz Gama in History and Posterity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5852709 |
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| Authors | Nicolás Beraldi (0000-0002-5010-6597, Montclair State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Almanack (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2236-4633 • E-ISSN: 2236-4633 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/2236-463339ea16619 |
| OpenAlex | W4413280495 |
| SciELO | S2236-46332025000101203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The article presents a reconsideration of the ideas and activism of Luiz Gama, through an intermittent comparison with Thomas Paine, returning attention to aspects of Gama's thought that are misunderstood, underappreciated, or obscure. Taken together, Gama's four causes-antiracism, freethinking, abolitionism, and republicanism-were rooted in a commitment to democracy not unlike Paine's. Having documented the unity of Gama's thought, the article offers an interpretation of his posthumous celebration as a rare black hero in a part of Brazil that publicists were eagerly recasting as "white" while explaining Gama's remarkable, if incomplete, success in life and gesturing toward his contemporary relevance
Art · Jacobin · Political science · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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