Toussaint Louverture and the American Civil War
Subtitle: the promise and peril of a second Haitian revolution
By: Matthew J. Clavin.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812242058
Subjects: Toussaint Louverture, -- 1743?-1803 -- Influence; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 19th century; Whites -- United States -- Race identity -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes; Haiti -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History -- 19th century; Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The insurrection of the Blacks in St. Domingo" : remembering Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution; title: "He patterned his life after the San Domingan" : John Brown, Toussaint Louverture, and the triumph of violent abolitionism; title: "Contemplate, I beseech you, fellow-citizens, the example of St. Domingo" : abolitionist dreams, Confederate nightmares, and the counterrevolution of secession; title: "Liberty on the battle-field" : Haiti and the movement to arm Black soldiers; title: "Emancipation or insurrection" : Haiti and the end of slavery in America; title: "Many a Touissant L'overture amongst us" : Black identity; title: "A repetition of San Domingo?" : southern white identity; title: "Do we want another San Domingo to be repeated in the South?" : northern white identity.