Baron de Vastey and the Origins of Black Atlantic Humanism

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

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