Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions by Celucien L. JosephISBN: 9780761862567
Publication Date: 2013-12-20
Investigates the intersections of history, literature, race, religion, decolonization, and freedom that led to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804. Particular attention is given to the place of religion in the Haitian Revolution, as well as to the interpretation and representation of this singular event in the work of Frederick Douglass and Langston Hughes.