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- Title
The Slave Revolt That Changed the World and the Conspiracy Against It: The Haitian Revolution and the Birth of Scientific Racism.
- Authors
Charles, Jean Max
- Abstract
This paper argues, first, that despite the transnational impact of the Haitian Revolution, it remains mostly unknown in the Western hemisphere. This is primarily the result of an international racist project to repress the idea of Black Revolution and undermine Haiti's progress. Second, I argue that, since the second half of the 19th century, intellectuals and social scientists have contributed to this racial project, and thus that scientific racism was born primarily as a response to the Haitian Revolution. The proliferation of racially oriented pseudosciences was part of significant efforts on the part of European and American intellectuals to undermine the notion of Black Revolution and Black power, and to demonstrate that Blacks were not capable of self-governance.
- Subjects
HAITIAN Revolution, 1791-1804; SCIENTIFIC racism; BLACK power movement; SOCIAL scientists; CONSPIRACY
- Publication
Journal of Black Studies, 2020, Vol 51, Issue 4, p275
- ISSN
0021-9347
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0021934720905128