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No One Who Reads the History of Hayti Can Doubt the Capacity of Colored Men: Racial Formation and Atlantic Rehabilitation in New York City's Early Black Press, 1827-1841

No One Who Reads the History of Hayti Can Doubt the Capacity of Colored Men: Racial Formation and... From 1827 to 1841 the black newspapers <i>Freedom&apos;s Journal</i> and the <i>Colored American</i> of New York City were venues for one of the first significant racial projects in the United States. To counter aspersions against their race, the editors of these publications renegotiated their community&apos;s identity within the matrix of the Black Atlantic away from waning discourses of a collective African past. First, <i>Freedom&apos;s Journal</i> used the Haitian Revolution to exemplify resistance, abolitionism, and autonomy. The <i>Colored American</i> later projected the Republic of Haiti as a model of governance, prosperity, and refinement to serve this community&apos;s own evolving ambitions of citizenship, inclusion, and rights. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press

No One Who Reads the History of Hayti Can Doubt the Capacity of Colored Men: Racial Formation and Atlantic Rehabilitation in New York City&apos;s Early Black Press, 1827-1841

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University of Pennsylvania Press
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Copyright © 2013 The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
ISSN
1559-0895

Abstract

From 1827 to 1841 the black newspapers <i>Freedom&apos;s Journal</i> and the <i>Colored American</i> of New York City were venues for one of the first significant racial projects in the United States. To counter aspersions against their race, the editors of these publications renegotiated their community&apos;s identity within the matrix of the Black Atlantic away from waning discourses of a collective African past. First, <i>Freedom&apos;s Journal</i> used the Haitian Revolution to exemplify resistance, abolitionism, and autonomy. The <i>Colored American</i> later projected the Republic of Haiti as a model of governance, prosperity, and refinement to serve this community&apos;s own evolving ambitions of citizenship, inclusion, and rights.

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Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary JournalUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Apr 24, 2013

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