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Liberty, Fraternity, Exile - Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation (Paperback)
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Liberty, Fraternity, Exile - Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation (Paperback)
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In this moving microhistory of nineteenth-century Haiti and
Jamaica, Matthew J. Smith details the intimate connections that
illuminate the conjoined histories of both places after slavery.
The frequent movement of people between Haiti and Jamaica in the
decades following emancipation in the British Caribbean brought the
countries into closer contact and influenced discourse about the
postemancipation future of the region. In the stories and
genealogies of exiles and politicians, abolitionists and diplomats,
laborers and merchants--and mothers, fathers, and children--Smith
recognizes the significance of nineteenth-century Haiti to regional
development. On a broader level, Smith argues that the history of
the Caribbean is bound up in the shared experiences of those who
crossed the straits and borders between the islands just as much as
in the actions of colonial powers. Whereas Caribbean historiography
has generally treated linguistic areas separately and emphasized
relationships with empires, Smith concludes that such approaches
have obscured the equally important interactions among peoples of
the Caribbean.
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