Overview
- Shows the importance of the first leaders and governments after Haiti’s Declaration of Independence in American and British debates surrounding political legitimacy
- Argues that while race was a significant factor in the negative depictions of the early Haitian leaders by transatlantic commentators, this hostility was also reflective of a broader reaction to changes in governance and political leadership throughout the Atlantic world
- Draws on a range of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary writers across literature, newspapers and periodicals to explore how the Haitian state was depicted in America and Britain
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Political History (PSPH)
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This book explores the different ways in which the early Haitian state was represented in print culture in America and Britain in the early nineteenth century. This study demonstrates that American and British arguments about the most effective forms of governance and political leadership impacted how Haiti’s early leaders were presented to transatlantic audiences. From the end of the Haitian Revolution and the moment that Haitian independence was declared in 1804, conservatives and radical thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic used Haiti and its early leaders as central frames of references in discussions of political legitimacy. Against the backdrop of a vibrant and volatile age of revolutions, the different forms of governance adopted by Jean Jacques Dessalines, Henry Christophe and Jean Pierre Boyer were used by writers, playwrights and caricaturists to either support or call into question the legitimacy of America’s and Britain’s own forms of government.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
James Forde received his PhD from Griffith University, Australia, in 2017, where he has also taught a range of history subjects. His research interests include transatlantic print culture in the early nineteenth century, and the impact of revolutionary movements on American and British political thought.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Early Haitian State and the Question of Political Legitimacy
Book Subtitle: American and British Representations of Haiti, 1804—1824
Authors: James Forde
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Political History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52608-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52607-8Published: 25 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52610-8Published: 26 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52608-5Published: 24 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-5176
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 218
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American History, Political History, World History, Global and Transnational History