Encountering Revolution: Haiti and the Making of the Early Republic

by Ashli White

Book Overview

Encountering Revolution looks afresh at the profound impact of the Haitian Revolution on the early United States. The first book on the subject in more than two decades, it redefines our understanding of the relationship between republicanism and slavery at a foundational moment in American history. For postrevolutionary Americans, the Haitian uprising laid bare the contradiction between democratic principles and the practice of slavery. For thirteen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405814
• ISBN13: 9781421405810
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"