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"Friends of the Negro! Fly with me, The path is open to the sea": Remembering the Haitian Revolution in the History, Music, and Culture of the African American People
- Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2008
- pp. 59-103
- 10.1353/eam.2008.0001
- Article
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This essay explores how the images, representations, and ideals of the Haitian Revolution and its leader, Toussaint Louverture, have been replicated in the history, music, art, and culture of African American people in the United States over the past two centuries.