2020
DOI: 10.1177/0021934720905128
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The Slave Revolt That Changed the World and the Conspiracy Against It: The Haitian Revolution and the Birth of Scientific Racism

Abstract: This paper argues, first, that despite the transnational impact of the Haitian Revolution, it remains mostly unknown in the Western hemisphere. This is primarily the result of an international racist project to repress the idea of Black Revolution and undermine Haiti’s progress. Second, I argue that, since the second half of the 19th century, intellectuals and social scientists have contributed to this racial project, and thus that scientific racism was born primarily as a response to the Haitian Revolution. T… Show more

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“…In turn, prestige recovery in black diplomacy began with slave and colonial revolts including the Haitian and Santo Domingo revolutions and political independence of African states (cf. Charles, 2020;Fordham, 1975;Nkrumah, 1965). Rodney (1976) has underscored how: "The regaining of political sovereignty by the 1960s constitutes an inescapable first step in regaining maximum freedom to choose and to develop in all spheres" (p. 308).…”
Section: Prestige Recovery In Black Diplomacymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In turn, prestige recovery in black diplomacy began with slave and colonial revolts including the Haitian and Santo Domingo revolutions and political independence of African states (cf. Charles, 2020;Fordham, 1975;Nkrumah, 1965). Rodney (1976) has underscored how: "The regaining of political sovereignty by the 1960s constitutes an inescapable first step in regaining maximum freedom to choose and to develop in all spheres" (p. 308).…”
Section: Prestige Recovery In Black Diplomacymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Francois Duvalier was a dark-skinned politician. Along with Jean Price Mars, Jacques Roumain, and other Haitian intellectuals, he was an advocate of the cultural and political philosophy of négritude that advocated for the rehabilitation of the Black race in the Caribbean and francophone Africa (Charles, 2020). His version of négritude came to be known as noirisme that promoted black middle-class power.…”
Section: Political Instability In Haiti: the State Against The Nationmentioning
confidence: 99%