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1 - Rebels and Refugees

Sentimental Suffering and Antic Revolt in the 1790s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Peter Reed
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University of Mississippi
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This chapter recovers the performances of Saint Domingue’s refugees who fled the slave uprisings and acted out their relationship to Haiti on professional American stages. The Haitian Revolution’s refugees also appeared as stage characters in original plays such as John Murdock’s 1795 The Triumphs of Love, which reimagined refugees as refined but unfortunate figures, integrating them into American culture by differentiating them from comic but rebellious slaves.

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Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America
Revolution, Race and Popular Performance
, pp. 33 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Rebels and Refugees
  • Peter Reed, University of Mississippi
  • Book: Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009118972.002
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  • Rebels and Refugees
  • Peter Reed, University of Mississippi
  • Book: Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009118972.002
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  • Rebels and Refugees
  • Peter Reed, University of Mississippi
  • Book: Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009118972.002
Available formats
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