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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Main Author: Franchina, Miriam 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023
In: 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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