We Dream Together

Auteur

Anne Eller is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University.

Texte du rabat

In We Dream Together Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of conflict between the Dominican Republic and Haiti by tracing the complicated history of Dominican emancipation and independence between 1822 and 1865. Eller moves beyond the small body of writing by Dominican elites that often narrates Dominican nationhood to craft inclusive, popular histories of identity, community, and freedom, summoning sources that range from trial records and consul reports to poetry and song. Rethinking Dominican relationships with their communities, the national project, and the greater Caribbean, Eller shows how popular anticolonial resistance was anchored in a rich and complex political culture. Haitians and Dominicans fostered a common commitment to Caribbean freedom, the abolition of slavery, and popular democracy, often well beyond the reach of the state. By showing how the island's political roots are deeply entwined, and by contextualizing this history within the wider Atlantic world, Eller demonstrates the centrality of Dominican anticolonial struggles for understanding independence and emancipation throughout the Caribbean and the Americas.

Résumé
In this thorough social and political history Anne Eller breaks with dominant narratives of the history of the Dominican Republic and its relationship with Haiti by tracing the complicated history of its independence between 1822 and 1865, showing how the Dominican Republic's political roots are deeply entwined with Haiti's.

Contenu

Timeline ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction. Roots and Branches of the Tree of Liberty 1

1. Life by Steam: The Dominican Republic's First Republic, 1844–1861 21

2. Soon It Will Be Mexico's Turn: Caribbean Empire and Dominican Annexation 59

3. The White Race Is Destined to Occupy This Island: Annexation and the Question of Free Labor 87

4. The Haitians or the Whites? Colonization and Resistance, 1861–1863 117

5. You Promised to Die of Hunger: Resistance, Slavery, and All-Out War 144

6. The Lava Spread Everywhere: Rural Revolution, the Provisional Government, and Haiti 178

7. Nothing Remains Anymore: The Last Days of Spanish Rule 207

   Epilogue. Between Fear and Hope 229

   Notes 237

   Bibliography 335

   Index