Siblings of soil :: Dominicans and Haitians in the Age of Revolutions /

"The book documents and discusses largely forgotten collaborations by the Dominican and Haitian majorities of color to achieve independence together, an event that elite Dominicans later maligned and misconstrued to justify anti-Haitian nationalism and policies"--

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Main Author: Yingling, Charlton Wesley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"The book documents and discusses largely forgotten collaborations by the Dominican and Haitian majorities of color to achieve independence together, an event that elite Dominicans later maligned and misconstrued to justify anti-Haitian nationalism and policies"--
After revolutionary cooperation between Dominican and Haitian majorities produced independence across Hispaniola, Dominican elites crafted negative myths about this era that contributed to anti-Haitianism. Despite the island's long-simmering tensions, Dominicans and Haitians once unified Hispaniola. Based on research from over two dozen archives in multiple countries, Siblings of Soil presents the overlooked history of their shared imperial endings and national beginnings from the 1780s to 1822. Haitian revolutionaries both inspired and aided Dominican antislavery and anti-imperial movements. Ultimately, Santo Domingo's independence from Spain came in 1822 through unification with Haiti, as Dominicans embraced citizenship and emancipation. Their collaboration resulted in one of the most unique and inclusive forms of independence in the Americas. Elite reactions to this era formed anti-Haitian narratives. Racial ideas permeated the revolution, Vodou, Catholicism, secularism, and even Deism. Some Dominicans reinforced Hispanic and Catholic traditions and cast Haitians as violent heretics who had invaded Dominican society, undermining the innovative, multicultural state. Two centuries later, distortions of their shared past of kinship have enabled generations of anti-Haitian policies, assumptions of irreconcilable differences, and human rights abuses. -- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Awards:Isis Duarte Book Prize, Haiti/ Dominican Republic section (LASA) Honorable Mention, 2023
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-301) and index.
ISBN:1477326103
9781477326107

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