Marlene L. Daut
Publication Date:
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism
Brings to light the contributions of Haitian statesman Baron de Vastey in the development of postcolonial and critical race theory
Demonstrates the influence of de Vastey’s writings and the work of prominent nineteenth and early twentieth-century abolitionists and anti-colonialists
Argues for the significance of writing by people of color from French Saint-Domingue dating to before formal Haitian independence