The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the first antislavery and
anticolonial uprising led by New World Africans to result in the
creation of an independent and slavery-free nation state. The
momentousness of this thirteen-year-long war generated thousands of
pages of writing. This anthology brings together for the first time
a transnational and multilingual selection of literature about the
revolution, from the beginnings of the conflicts that resulted in
it to the end of the nineteenth century. With over two hundred
excerpts from novels, poetry, and plays published between 1787 and
1900, and depicting a wide array of characters including, Anacaona,
Makandal, Boukman, Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines,
and Henry Christophe, this anthology provides the perfect classroom
text for exploring this fascinating revolution, its principal
actors, and the literature it inspired, while also providing a
vital resource for specialists in the field. This landmark volume
includes many celebrated authors-such as Alexandre Dumas, Victor
Hugo, Heinrich von Kleist, Alphonse de Lamartine, William
Wordsworth, Harriet Martineau, and William Edgar Easton-but the
editors also present here for the first time many less-well-known
fictions by writers from across western Europe and both North and
South America, as well as by nineteenth-century Haitian authors,
refuting a widely accepted perception that Haitian representations
of their revolution primarily emerged in the twentieth century.
Each excerpt is introduced by contextualizing commentary designed
to spark discussion about the ongoing legacy of slavery and
colonialism in the Americas. Ultimately, the publication of this
capacious body of literature that spans three continents offers
students, scholars, and the curious reader alike a unique glimpse
into the tremendous global impact the Haitian Revolution had on the
print culture of the Atlantic world.
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