Title Wanted! A nation! : Black Americans and Haiti, 1804-1893 / Claire Bourhis-Mariotti ; translated by C. Jon Delogu ; with a foreword by Ronald Angelo Johnson

Published Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900. Contents Haiti, the Promised Land? -- Haiti and the "Black Nationality" Project -- The Second Wave of Emigration to Haiti -- Abraham Lincoln's Project for Haiti -- Haiti's Growing Strategic Importance for U.S. Imperialist Ambitions -- Frederick Douglass's Diplomatic Career in Haiti -- Haiti and Frederick Douglass at the Chicago World's Fair -- From Haiti to Chicago, Frederick Douglass and the Renewal of Black American Activism Summary "Covering the whole of the nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! reveals how Haiti remained a focus of attention for white as well as Black Americans before, during, and even after the Civil War. Before the Civil War, Claire Bourhis-Mariotti argues, the Black republic was considered by free Black Americans as a place where full citizenship was at hand. Haiti was essentially viewed and concretely experienced as a refuge during moments when free Black Americans lost hope of obtaining rights in the United States. Haiti is also at the heart of this book, as Haitian leaders supported the American emigration to Haiti (in the 1820s and early 1860s), opposed the American geostrategic and diplomatic diktats in the 1870s and 1880s, and finally offered an international platform to Frederick Douglass at the 1893 Columbian World's Fair, thus helping Black people who faced discrimination at home to fight first against slavery and the slave trade, and then for equal rights. By spanning the entire nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! presents a complex panorama of the emergence of African American identity and argues that Haiti should be considered as an essential prism to understand how African Americans forged their identity in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a variety of sources, Wanted! A Nation! goes far beyond the usual framework of national American history and contributes to the writing of an Atlantic and global history of the struggle for equal rights. By spanning the entire nineteenth century, Wanted! A Nation! presents a complex panorama of the emergence of African American identity and argues that Haiti should be considered as an essential prism to understand how African Americans forged their identity in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a variety of sources, Wanted! A Nation! goes far beyond the usual framework of national American history and contributes to the writing of an Atlantic and global history of the struggle for equal rights"-- Provided by publisher Notes Original title: L'union fait la force : les Noirs américains et Haïti, 1804-1893 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the French Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2023) Subject Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. SUBJECT Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast Subject Free African Americans -- Haiti -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Haiti -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Relations with Haitians -- History -- 19th century Immigrants -- Haiti -- History -- 19th century African Americans African Americans -- Relations with Haitians Free African Americans Immigrants International relations Race relations SUBJECT Haiti -- History -- 19th century United States -- Relations -- Haiti Haiti -- Relations -- United States United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Haiti United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Delogu, Christopher Jon, translator. Johnson, Ronald Angelo, 1970- writer of foreword. LC no. 2023023228 ISBN 9780820365558 0820365556 9780820362717 0820362719

Other Titles L'union fait la force. English Black Americans and Haiti, 1804-1893

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