S9E4 - Becoming Indigenous: Haiti’s Revolutionary Rebirth

In this episode Dr. Amanda T. Perry discusses her research on how early nineteenth-century Haiti used the language of indigeneity to define nationhood after the revolution. The conversation explores how formerly enslaved Africans, Taíno memory, and political claims to territory shaped the new state's identity and citizenship.

Topics include the Declaration of Independence, racial and social divisions, exclusions of French colonists, later debates about Taíno presence, and the long-term implications for Caribbean ideas of belonging and nationhood.

 

Bio:

Amanda T. Perry is a writer, scholar, educator, and literary critic bas...