The Black Jacobins Reader
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“We Are Slaves and Slaves Believe in Freedom”: The Problematizing of Revolutionary Emancipationism in The Black Jacobins
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Published:January 2017
Claudius Fergus, 2017. "“We Are Slaves and Slaves Believe in Freedom”: The Problematizing of Revolutionary Emancipationism in The Black Jacobins", The Black Jacobins Reader, Charles Forsdick, Christian Høgsbjerg
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In this chapter, Claudius Fergus examines how “more emphatically than any previous work, The Black Jacobins reconfigured the historiography of enslaved Africans as insensitive, unintelligent, and subservient chattels with a narrative showcasing only their humanity, military prowess, and commitment to revolutionary emancipation. The essay reexamines James’s treatment of the enslaved as emancipators and the implication of his nearly absolute deracination of the revolution for the historiography of subaltern abolitionism.
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