Book contents
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society
- II Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Networks and Ties, Geographies and Space
- III Collective Action and Revolution
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Introduction
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society
- II Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Networks and Ties, Geographies and Space
- III Collective Action and Revolution
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Here I introduce the text’s main argument, that the web of networks between African and creole runaways, slaves, and a small number of free people of color built through rituals and marronnage was a key aspect to building the racial solidarity that made the Haitian Revolution successful. The theoretical framework for this comes from my attempts to bridge thoughts from Sociology and African Diaspora Studies, more specifically using insights from scholarship on the Black Radical Tradition to correct and contribute to the sociology of collective consciousness, social movements, and revolutions.
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- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian RevolutionCollective Action in the African Diaspora, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021