#ARTICLE: 'Haiti was the first nation to permanently ban slavery: Why this matters now’
Haitians bold act to end slavery & colonialism reverberated globally, forcing the UK & France, both slaveholders, to face the contradictions of their “enlightenment”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/12/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery/
‘Neither the French nor the British were the first to abolish slavery. Haiti [was] the first nation to permanently ban slavery and the slave trade from the first day of its existence’: @JuliaGaffield on the historical importance of the Haitian Revolution: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/12/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery/
The fact that Haiti is derided and dismissed within some black studies scholarship shows how much the field can benefit from decolonisation. https://twitter.com/HaitiSG/status/1282556994155622400
Neither the French nor the British were the first to abolish slavery. That honor instead goes to Haiti...forcing slaveholding nations like Britain and France to come face to face with the contradictions of their own “enlightenment.” @JuliaGaffield https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/12/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery/
Neither the French nor the British were the first to abolish slavery. That honor instead goes to Haiti...forcing slaveholding nations like Britain and France to come face to face with the contradictions of their own “enlightenment.” @JuliaGaffield https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/12/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery/
A big congratulations to our wonderful and talented former @HaitiSG chair and exec member @Shae_Pixie_Kay for securing this prestigious award @UCLAmericas to pursue research on reparations movements in the Americas! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 We’re very proud of you!
Shodona Kettle awarded competitive scholarship to pursue PhD studies | UCL Institute of the Americas - UCL – University College London https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/news/2020/jul/shodona-kettle-awarded-competitive-scholarship-pursue-phd-studies