Leslie M. Alexander is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University. This interview is based on her new book, Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States (University of Illinois Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Fear of a Black Republic? LA: I was inspired to write Fear of a Black Republic because I wanted to contribute to an important scholarly conversation. In the past decade, Black … [Read more...] about The Author’s Corner with Leslie M. Alexander
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Haiti missionaries released
This is great news and an answer to prayer. Here is the Miami Herald: A Haiti gang has released all 12 hostages two months to the day that they were kidnapped in Haiti’s capital, Haiti National Police Spokesman Garry Desrosiers and two U.S. government sources confirmed to the Miami Herald. The hostages were abducted just east of Port-au-Prince by a notorious gang, 400 Mawozo, and were among a group of 12 adults and five children, including an 8-month-old. Of the group of … [Read more...] about Haiti missionaries released
The Author’s Corner with Sebastian Page
Sebastian Page is a historian of the 19th century United States and the Atlantic world. This interview is based on his new book, Black Resettlement and the American Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2021). For those who wish to purchase Page's book, the code PAGE2021 will give customers 20% off from Cambridge University Press. JF: What led you to write Black Resettlement? SP: As an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, I wondered what primary sources might be … [Read more...] about The Author’s Corner with Sebastian Page