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The Jesuits in early eighteenth-century Haiti
Looking forward to discussing “The Jesuits, the Souls of Slaves, and the Battle for Saint-Domingue, 1720-1730” with the Boston College Legal History Roundtable this coming Thursday.
Photos of a recent trip to Haiti (Part 2 of 2)
All photos © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016. Please do not reproduce without permission.
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- A rocky opening in the hills near Bois Caïman once used by maroon slaves as an escape, now a Haitian national monument. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Inside the maroon slave refuge near Bois Caïman. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Painting at Bois Caïman marking what is believed to be the spot of the August 1791 ceremony. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Bois Caiman. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Another painting marking what is believed to be the area of the Bois Caïman ceremony. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A beautifully restored Cap Haitien house. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Approaching the Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A view from up high at the Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The aqueduct system at the Citadelle used to collect rain water. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The upper central courtyard at the Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Memorial at the Citadelle to Henri Christophe, who after his death was secretly buried there by his wife in an unknown spot. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Never used cannon balls on the rear flank of the Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Citadelle, exterior wall. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A 1742 French cannon at the Citadelle. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Sans Souci entrance. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Sans Souci from the front. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Sans Souci from behind. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Monument to the 1803 battle of Vertières, on the road to Haut to Cap near Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Monument to Toussaint Louverture and the maroon slave at Haut du Cap near Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- An 18th-century bridge over the Rivière du Haut du Cap, outside Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The iconic Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A gingerbread house in Port-au-Prince. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The National Library of Haiti, directly opposite the Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne in Port-au-Prince (Saint-Louis de Gonzague), directly opposite the National Library of Haiti. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Just because I like the name of this librairie, in the Cul-de-Sac area near Port-au-Prince. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The Faculté d’Agronomie of the Université d’Etat d’Haiti, Damien campus in the Cul-de-Sac area near Port-au-Prince, damaged in the 2010 earthquake and awaiting restoration. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Haitians lined up outside the new US Embassy building in Port-au-Prince, awaiting visas. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A UN tank patrolling the streets near the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The mountains near Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- From Fort Saint-Louis on Île des Anglais, looking back towards Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Inside Fort Saint-Louis on Île des Anglais, off of Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The old cistern at Fort Saint-Louis, Île des Anglais off Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Fort des Oliviers, Saint-Louis du Sud (formerly Point de la Compagnie (des Indes). © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Fort des Oliviers, Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- From Fort des Oliviers, looking towards the town of Saint-Louis du Sud. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A recently constructed soccer stadium at Saint-Louis du Sud; no soccer balls for the children to use. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
Photos of a recent trip to Haiti (Part 1 of 2)
All photos © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016. Please do not reproduce without permission.
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- Île de la Tortue. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- In the foreground, the Petite Anse side of the bay of Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The bay of Cap Haitien seen from the north. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The Petite Anse side of bay of Cap Haitien
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- Le Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Sunrise over Le Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Le Cap at dusk. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The Cathedral of Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Another view of the Cathedral of Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A street view in Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Marché de Fer (the marketplace known as Place de Clugny in the later 18th century) at Cap Haitien, where Sunday slave markets were once held. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Another view of the Marché de Fer (the marketplace known as Place de Clugny in later 18th century), where Sunday slave markets were once held. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The current Appeals Court of Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The former Jesuit compound in Le Cap, now a lycée. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The site of what was once Government House in Le Cap (now a lycée building). © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The head of a funeral march in Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Place Montarcher in Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Monument to Dutty Boukman at Place d’Armes in Cap Haitien. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Monument to Christophe in front of the Cap Haitien Hospital. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The site of the old hôpital at Cap, now the office of ISPAN (Institut de sauvegarde du patrimoine national). © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The former home of Anténor Firmin in Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A street view in Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The colonial prison of Le Cap, one of the few 18th-century buildings still standing. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A view inside a cell of the old Cap prison. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The colonial prison at Cap. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The mairie of Léogane during the installation of a new magistrate. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Memorial to Queen Anacaona at Léogane. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Remains of an early 18th-century fort protecting Petit Goâve. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- Fishing boats at Aquin, in the south. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- A view of the town square and cathedral of Aquin, in the south. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
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- The shoreline at Zanglais, in the south. © Malick W. Ghachem, 2016.
An interview on The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution
Here is a recent interview with “Faculti” on my book The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution:
“The Limits of Revolution”
For those in the Boston area on Feb. 27, here’s a nice image of a panel I will be doing at Brandeis that afternoon/evening on “The Limits of Revolution” with Chris Brown, Suzanne Desan, and myself. The panel is part of the Brandeis Sawyer Seminar Rethinking the Age of Revolution (directed by Jane Kamensky and Sue Lanser with their fabulous postdoc fellow Julia Gaffield):
“The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804” (version 2.0!)
I am thrilled and delighted that my old friends at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island (a favorite research location) have remounted a new version of the 2004 exhibition that I curated in connection with the JCB’s bicentennial conference on the Haitian Revolution. The exhibition is open now through the end of April 2014 and is accompanied by a wonderful digital version that you can access here. The new version of the exhibition is part of a collaboration between the JCB and the New York Historical Society. If you have not yet seen the scintillating essays in the NYHS’s Revolution! volume that came out a few years ago (edited by Rabinowitz, Dubois, and Bender), by all means hasten to read them. Thanks so much to Susan Danforth, the JCB’s George S. Parker Curator of Maps and Prints, for all she did to make this new edition of the exhibition possible, and to Leslie Tobias Olsen for work on the website version. Looking forward to marking the occasion with a lecture on Haiti at the JCB on March 8 and, even before then, at a Feb. 21 panel that is part of the “Curators on International Slavery” series at Brown on Feb. 20-21, 2014.