HI354K: THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION (2014-2015)

According to historian Carolyn Fick, "historians, social scientists, political economists and other scholars concerned with colonialism, New World plantation slavery, or slave resistance in general [...] point to the Haitian revolution as a landmark event with ramifications extending far beyond the borders of Haiti itself" (2). This event would spur other slave revolts throughout the Americas, and inspire Latin American revolutionaries in their quest for independence. Although Fick centres on the slaves, there were other political actors at play in the formation of the second republic in the Americas and the first self-avowed black nation in the New World. This course investigates this event in an effort to tease out its complexity and lay bare the tensions between anti-colonialism and plantation economies, and the ways these tensions will play out during and after the Haitian Revolution.

This module is available to students on all non-History degree programmes as a Discipline Breadth course for the enhanced study requirement. However, the admission of students with a non-History degree intention will be at the discretion of the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt: Continuous Assessment (100%): 1,500-word Primary text analysis (40%); seven 500-word Response papers (50%); Participation (10%).

Resit: Continuous Assessment: one 1,500-word Primary text analysis (40%); one 3,500-word Response Paper in lieu of the seven 500-word Response Papers (60%). All materials produced for the re-sit must represent new work. Previously handed in course materials will not be accepted. This course may not be included in a graduating curriculum with HI354K.

In class, students will analyse primary documents and engage in verbal discussions about said materials in an effort to strengthen their analytical skills. These informal exercises complement the formal assessment programme for the course and enable the students to successfully complete the course requirements.

Students will receive formal feedback on all assessed activities and receive informal feedback during scheduled interviews set to take place mid-way throug the course. At this meeting, feedback will be given regarding performance and students will be given concrete advice about the successful completion of the course requirements.

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