>Conference: The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, >October 16-18, 1998 > > The program in the Carolina Low Country and the Atlantic World at the >College and University of Charleston, SC will host an international >conference focused on the impact of the Haitian Revolution outside Haiti, >an event funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the >Humanities, an independent Federal agency. > The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 was unique, the only example of an >enslaved population successfully seizing its freedom and creating an >independent state. Throughout the Americas, the destruction of the French >colony of Saint Domingue was an inspiration to slaves and a warning to >slave owners. In a period when both libertarian ideology was spreading and >ideas of racial hierarchy were gaining legitimacy, when the future of >colonies was being discussed and the anti-slavery movement began to >mobilize, the creation of an independent Haiti, the first black republic in >the world, was a matter of intense interest and controversy throughout the >Atlantic World. > The conference will open Friday morning at 9:00 am and continue through >Sunday morning at the Leightsey Conference Center at the College of >Charleston. Unlike most conferences, papers will be circulated in advance. > Presenters will not read their papers, but will give brief summaries of >five minutes in length. Each one and one-half hour session will be devoted >primarily to discussion and questions from the floor. Conference >registrants will be receive the papers in advance on diskette (or in >printed form for an additional charge). > Our guest convener for the conference is Professor David Geggus of the >University of Florida, the author of Slavery, War and Revolution: The >British Occupation of Saint Domingue, 1793-98 (1982) and co-editor, with >David B. Gaspar author of A Turbulent Time: The French Revolution and the >Greater Caribbean (1997). > The program is subject to change. For a conference or registration >information contact, Ms. Amelia Spatz at the Department of History, College >of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 (note Haiti Conference on the >envelope). Phone 843-953-1420 (Fax -6349), or email: spatzl@cofc.edu. >For information on the accommodations available in the Charleston area, >contact the Visitors Center at 843-853-8000 or 800-868-8118. > >REGISTRATION FORM: > >Name: >Street: >City/Zip: >Telephone: Fax: Email: >Affiliation: > >REGISTRATION FEE: postmarked before 1 October: $40 after 1 October: $50 >Please make checks payable to The College of Charleston Foundation > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >