'to transplant in alien soil': Race, Nation, Citizenship, and the Idea of Emigration in the Revolutionary Atlantic

<p>The emigration of African Americans to Haiti throughout the nineteenth century was influenced by the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804). Looking beyond this influence as mere legacy, this article proposes that scholars begin to interrogate the relationship that developed between African America...

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Main Author: Westenley Alcenat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/82p0w1pn