Restavec
From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9313613 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Robert Cadet (corresponding author), Cynthia Nassano Cadet |
| Year | 1998 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Restavec (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7560/712027 |
| OpenAlex | W2798313990 |
| Open Library | OL659516M |
| ISBN | 9780292795327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian society-the children of the poor-by using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children were-and still are-restavecs, a French term whose literal meaning of "staying with" disguises the unremitting labor, abuse, and denial of education that characterizes the children's lives. In this memoir, Jean-Robert Cadet recounts the harrowing story of his youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life. He vividly describes what it was like to be an unwanted illegitimate child "staying with" a well-to-do family whose physical and emotional abuse was sanctioned by Haitian society. He also details his subsequent life in the United States, where, despite American racism, he put himself through college and found success in the Army, in business, and finally in teaching
Class (philosophy · Middle class · Political science · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · History · Law · Psychology · biography · Children · Haiti · Haitians · Ohio · Social conditions · united states · Artificial Intelligence
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African Atrocity, American Humanity
The Casa de Huerfanos and Child Circulation in Late-Nineteenth-Century Chile
Introduction to Special Issue
Human Trafficking
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Research on Human Trafficking in North America
Blackface Abolition and the New Slave Narrative
Human Trafficking in Russia and Other Post-Soviet States
Competing claims of victimhood? Foreign and domestic victims of trafficking in the United States
The Role of Language in Academic and Social Transition of Haitian Children and Their Parents to Urban U.S. Schools
Domestic Workers and Foreign Occupation
The problem of contemporary slavery
Methodological Challenges in Research with Trafficked Persons
Data and Research on Human Trafficking
Collapsing the Boundaries Between De Jure and De Facto Slavery
The Tears of Hispaniola
Child circulation in disaster contexts
Edwidge Danticat's Kitchen History
On moving children
Raised by Another Mother
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |