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Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War the promise and peril of a second Haitian revolution

Title: Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War [electronic resource] : the promise and peril of a second Haitian revolution / Matthew J. Clavin.
Author: Clavin, Matthew J.
Publication: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.

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Description

1 online resource (viii, 238 p.) : ill., map.

Uniform Title

Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War (Online)

Alternative Title

Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War (Online)

Subject

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 > Influence
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
African Americans > Race identity > History > 19th century
White people > Race identity > History > United States > 19th century
United States > History > Social aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
United States > History > Causes. > Civil War, 1861-1865
Haiti > Foreign public opinion, American > History > 19th century
Haiti > History > Influence. > Revolution, 1791-1804

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

"The insurrection of the Blacks in St. Domingo" : remembering Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution -- "He patterned his life after the San Domingan" : John Brown, Toussaint Louverture, and the triumph of violent abolitionism -- "Contemplate, I beseech you, fellow-citizens, the example of St. Domingo" : abolitionist dreams, Confederate nightmares, and the counterrevolution of secession -- "Liberty on the battle-field" : Haiti and the movement to arm Black soldiers -- "Emancipation or insurrection" : Haiti and the end of slavery in America -- "Many a Touissant L'overture amongst us" : Black identity -- "A repetition of San Domingo?" : southern white identity -- "Do we want another San Domingo to be repeated in the South?" : northern white identity.

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