Os jacobinos negros ou da gênese historiográfica de uma revolução

Abstract

This monograph takes up the classic theme of Latin American and world historiography, the Revolution of Haiti. An event that occurred between 1791 and 1804, it is considered to be the first and most successful revolt of enslaved and liberated blacks who, supported by the "winds" and ideas of the French Revolution, brought to Santo Domingo, the main French colony in the region of the Caribbean, the ideals that set Paris on fire. In this paper, I seek to discuss the event itself and also how the seminal work of C. R. L. James, The Black Jacobins, of 1938, became a dominant narrative about this process. Therefore, it is questioned not only the characterization of this event as revolutionary, but also its supposed character of uniformity of actions in pursuit of a common goal, as well as the absolute opposition between whites and blacks.