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Philanthropy and Race in the Haitian Revolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Philanthropy and Race in the Haitian Revolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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This book examines the ways in which a minority of primarily white,
male, French philanthropists used their social standing and talents
to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in
Saint-Domingue during the crucial period of the Haitian Revolution.
They went to great lengths to advocate for the application of
universal human rights through political activities, academic
societies, religious charity, influence on public opinion, and
fraternity in the armed services. The motives for their benevolence
ran the gamut from genuine altruism to the selfish pursuit of
prestige, which could, on occasion, lead to political or economic
benefit from aiding blacks and people of color. This book offers a
view that takes into account the efforts of all peoples who worked
to end slavery and establish racial equality in Saint-Domingue and
challenges simplistic notions of the Haitian Revolution, which lean
too heavily on an assumed strict racial divide between black and
white.
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