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Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American
Restavec From Haitian Slave Child to MiddleClass American
Author: Jean-Robert Cadet
African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian society--the children of the poor--by using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children were--and still are--restav...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292712034
ISBN-10: 0292712030
Publication Date: 1/1/1998
Pages: 182
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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