JOURNAL ARTICLE

Resurrecting the Figure of the Slave in Union and Independence Struggles: The Supposed Origins of Haitian Migration to Guadeloupe (1970s).

  • Published In: Journal of Haitian Studies, 2025, v. 31, n. 2. P. 30 1 of 3

  • Database: Caribbean Search 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Béchacq, Dimitri 3 of 3

Abstract

In Guadeloupe, in 1975, the strike by agricultural workers harvesting sugar cane provides an insight into the circumstantial uses of the history of slavery within the pro-independence movement. The latter mobilized a local and reinterpreted past, decolonizing memories of slavery through the valorization of those who resisted this system. At the same time, it reified the archetypal figure of the slave to describe Haitian workers, denouncing their presence as a disruptive force in the balance of power between unionized strikers and sugar factory bosses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of Haitian Studies. 2025/09, Vol. 31, Issue 2, p30
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:1090-3488
  • DOI:10.1353/jhs.2025.a987608
  • Accession Number:193260113
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