The nineteenth century had judged it inconceivable and ever since it has survived a universal silence.” – George Lamming
It was the first and only example in modern history of a successful slave revolt when a population of enslaved Africans defeated three European armies and converted a slave plantation into the Independent Republic of Haiti. James and the prophetic grandeur of his great classic, “The Black Jacobins.” Some eighty years after its first publication, readers of different generations and across a diversity of national origins document their admiration of the depth and spontaneity of James’s analytical interpretation of the Haitian Revolution. “This is the most authoritative confirmation to date of the intellectual stature of C. You can read Robert’s Hill’s foreword here and read an interview with Charles and myself about Haitian Revolutionary Studies on the excellent Public Archive website here Rudder, Bill Schwarz, David Scott, Russell Maroon Shoatz, Matthew J. Hill, Christian Høgsbjerg, Selma James, Pierre Naville, Nick Nesbitt, Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Matthew Quest, David M. Fick, Charles Forsdick, Dan Georgakas, Robert A. Bracey Jr., Rachel Douglas, Laurent Dubois, Claudius K. Mumia Abu-Jamal, David Austin, Madison Smartt Bell, Anthony Bogues, John H. The Reader also includes the reflections of activists and novelists on the book’s influence and a transcription of James’s 1970 interview with Studs Terkel.Ĭontributors.
In addition to considering the book’s literary qualities and its role in James’s emergence as a writer and thinker, the contributors discuss its production, context, and its enduring importance in relation to debates about decolonization, globalization, postcolonialism, and the emergence of neocolonial modernity. James’s classic history of the Haitian Revolution. HillĬontaining a wealth of new scholarship and rare primary documents, The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. James Archives series with Duke University Press…Įdited by Charles Forsdick and Christian Høgsbjerg with a Foreword by Robert A.
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