Leslie M. Alexander, "Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States" (U Illinois Press, 2022)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Power of Racialization in the United States
Even if they'd never been enslaved their entire lives there, they're free people who are born free. They were still perceiving this event in such a way and that just speaks to the power of racialization even in that early stage in the late 18th century. Yeah, I think that's a really important point it's really striking to see the level of solidarity commitment, investment that even free born legally free black folks in the northern part of the United States. Have in Hades success, you know,. Really want to see, you know, to put a 21st century spin on it.
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