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- Title
No One Who Reads the History of Hayti Can Doubt the Capacity of Colored Men.
- Authors
YINGLING, CHARLTON W.
- Abstract
From 1827 to 1841 the black newspapers Freedom's Journal and the Colored American of New York City were venues for one of the first significant racial projects in the United States. To counter aspersions against their race, the editors of these publications renegotiated their community's identity within the matrix of the Black Atlantic away from waning discourses of a collective African past. First, Freedom's Journal used the Haitian Revolution to exemplify resistance, abolitionism, and autonomy. The Colored American later projected the Republic of Haiti as a model of governance, prosperity, and refinement to serve this community's own evolving ambitions of citizenship, inclusion, and rights
- Subjects
HAITI; UNITED States; AFRICAN American newspapers; AFRICAN American press; AFRICAN American history to 1863; ABOLITIONISTS; AUTONOMY (Psychology) in literature; RESISTANCE (Philosophy); HAITIAN Revolution, 1791-1804; NEW York City history, 1775-1865; AFRICAN American history; CIVILIZATION
- Publication
Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 2, p314
- ISSN
1543-4273
- Publication type
Article