Marlene Daut commissioned a series about 220 years of Haitian independence

Marlene Daut commissioned a series for the Global Black History section at Public Books for seven scholars to reflect on what 220 years of Haitian independence means for how we talk about slavery’s abolition, Black sovereignty, and the development of human rights around the world:

• How Haiti Destroyed Slavery and Led The Way To Freedom Throughout The Atlantic World –Marlene L. Daut
• “We Have Dared to Be Free”–Julia Gaffield
• The U.S. Has Never Forgiven Haiti–Leslie Alexander
• Haiti: What Sovereignty?–Lewis Ampidus Clorméus
• Counter-Plantation Nation–Laurent Dubois
• Enemy of the State–Délide Joseph
• Haiti’s Blueprints of Black Sovereignty–Nathalie Frédéric Pierre