Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution: Collective Action in the African Diaspora (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009256155)

The Haitian Revolution was perhaps the most successful slave rebellion in modern history; it created the first and only free and independent Black nation in the Americas. This book tells the story of how enslaved Africans forcibly brought to colonial Haiti through the trans-Atlantic slave trade used their cultural and religious heritages, social networks, and labor and militaristic skills to survive horrific conditions. They built webs of networks between African and 'creole' runaways, slaves, and a small number of free people of color through rituals and marronnage - key aspects to building the racial solidarity that helped make the revolution successful. Analyzing underexplored archival sources and advertisements for fugitives from slavery, Crystal Eddins finds indications of collective consciousness and solidarity, unearthing patterns of resistance. The book fills an important gap in the existing literature on the Haitian Revolution. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author: Crystal Nicole Eddins
ISBN-10: 1009256157
ISBN-13: 9781009256155
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2022
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2023