Beyond the (holy) shroud: a glimpse into Afro-Catholicism during the Haitian revolution
This paper explores how Africans and Afro-Creoles used discourses shaped by Catholicism during the Haitian Revolution both to fight the prospect of re-enslavement by the French and to pursue alternative notions of freedom to those proposed by Toussaint Louverture. Specifically, it examines the appea...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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Atlantic studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 00, Pages: 1-37 |
Further subjects: | B
Saint-Domingue
B Haitian Revolution B invulnerability B Amulets B Afro-Catholicism B Holy Shroud |
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