| 书目名称 | Philanthropy and Race in the Haitian Revolution | | 编辑 | Erica R. Johnson | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Focuses on a little-known group of primarily white, male, French philanthropists and their efforts to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the Haitiain Revolution.C | | 丛书名称 | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book examines the ways in which a minority of primarily white, male, French philanthropists used their social standing and talents to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the crucial period of the Haitian Revolution. They went to great lengths to advocate for the application of universal human rights through political activities, academic societies, religious charity, influence on public opinion, and fraternity in the armed services. The motives for their benevolence ran the gamut from genuine altruism to the selfish pursuit of prestige, which could, on occasion, lead to political or economic benefit from aiding blacks and people of color. This book offers a view that takes into account the efforts of all peoples who worked to end slavery and establish racial equality in Saint-Domingue and challenges simplistic notions of the Haitian Revolution, which lean too heavily on an assumed strict racial divide between black and white.. | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | Haiti, Haitian Revolution; White, male, French philanthropists; African descent; Human rights; Political | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76144-2 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-09413-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-76144-2Series ISSN 2635-1633 Series E-ISSN 2635-1641 | | issn_series | 2635-1633 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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