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Jamaica and the Saint-Domingue Slave Revolt, 1791-1793

By The Public Archive | Published: March 17, 2013
When the slaves and free coloureds of Saint Domingue rebelled in the autumn of 17791, Jamaican society faced the greatest challenge of its history. The dramatic spectacle of violent self­liberation was acted out almost before the eyes of its blacks and mulattoes, while the ruling white elite experienced a dilemma that seemed to oppose its [...]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visits Haiti, December 3, 2007

By The Public Archive | Published: March 5, 2013
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013). *video via @dominique_e_ + @djaspora
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12 January 2010

By The Public Archive | Published: January 12, 2013
Neg Maron, Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 4th, 2012. Credit: Leonard Doyle, IOM.
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Radical Black Reading/Reading Haiti, 2012

By The Public Archive | Published: December 30, 2012
Easily the most hyped Haiti-related book to come out in the past year was Purpose: An Immigrant Story (It Books), the memoir of rapper-turned-presidential-candidate Wyclef Jean. They say Purpose is actually not that bad, especially if you’re interested in either Clef’s take on the dissolution of the Fugees or his embittered account of [...]
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Politics, Security, Commerce: Wikileaks and Haiti

By The Public Archive | Published: December 10, 2012
Guest Post by Ansel Herz: @ansel If you had free reign over classified networks… and you saw incredible things, awful things… things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC… what would you do?” “God knows what happens now. Hopefully worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms… I [...]
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Eric Williams on the Haitian Peasant

By The Public Archive | Published: December 6, 2012
We must not, however, be romantic about this question of peasant proprietorship. Peasant ownership, by itself, is no solution of the agricultural problem of the Caribbean. Haiti is the glaring example. The average holding is small, from three to six acres, and lots of one-fifth an acre are not uncommon. The method of cultivation is [...]
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Je renais de mes cendres

By The Public Archive | Published: November 20, 2012
...The reverse bears the inscription Les armoiries du Roi Henry Christophe, 1767-1820, Bâtisseur de La Citadelle (The arms of King Henry Christophe, 1767-1820, Builder of the Citadel). In the middle is the king’s coat of arms, a crowned phoenix rising from the flames, with stars in the firmament and the words, Je renais de mes cendres. (I [...]
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Modernism, Exoticism, Erasure: Jeanne Duval

By The Public Archive | Published: November 8, 2012
Duval, like so many others, has been largely erased from history. Franklin Sirman, “Les Fleurs Duval,” Artnet.com (17 November 1998) Sweltering Africa and languorous Asia, A whole far-away world, absent, almost defunct, Dwells in your depths, aromatic forest! While other spirits glide on the wings of music, Mine, O my love! floats upon your perfume. Charles Baudelaire, from “Head of Hair,” The [...]
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