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A Captive’s Subjectivity

The project discusses the effects of Haiti’s colonization as the space transitions from Hispaniola to Saint-Domingue and later to the free state of Haiti. This is done by studying the concept of the right to conquest and the absurdities that exist around the first appearances of international law. T...

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Main Author: Blemur, Rebeca J
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Published: AUC Knowledge Fountain 2023
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description The project discusses the effects of Haiti’s colonization as the space transitions from Hispaniola to Saint-Domingue and later to the free state of Haiti. This is done by studying the concept of the right to conquest and the absurdities that exist around the first appearances of international law. The project focuses on the pre-revolutionary period starting around the 1750s, the revolutionary period that began in the 1790s, the French oligarchical class’s attempt for social equality, and the war for ultimate colonial conquest between the French, Spanish, and British. The project will display how legally objectifying a human being manifests subjects of the law. This manifestation is challenged by the emergence of the Haitian subject withdrawn from the law or the view of this subject through the medium of warranted violence. As the project begins to discuss the development of the Haitian state and its administration as it maneuvers through notions of legal identity within colonial landscape, it continues to focus on defining subjects of the law. This focus is necessary to formulate a deeper understanding of subjectivity and its effect on the Haitian state. The project will conclude by identifying and defining the Haitian subject and the legal and social infrastructure success of the new Haitian state.
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spelling oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3076 A Captive’s Subjectivity Blemur, Rebeca J The project discusses the effects of Haiti’s colonization as the space transitions from Hispaniola to Saint-Domingue and later to the free state of Haiti. This is done by studying the concept of the right to conquest and the absurdities that exist around the first appearances of international law. The project focuses on the pre-revolutionary period starting around the 1750s, the revolutionary period that began in the 1790s, the French oligarchical class’s attempt for social equality, and the war for ultimate colonial conquest between the French, Spanish, and British. The project will display how legally objectifying a human being manifests subjects of the law. This manifestation is challenged by the emergence of the Haitian subject withdrawn from the law or the view of this subject through the medium of warranted violence. As the project begins to discuss the development of the Haitian state and its administration as it maneuvers through notions of legal identity within colonial landscape, it continues to focus on defining subjects of the law. This focus is necessary to formulate a deeper understanding of subjectivity and its effect on the Haitian state. The project will conclude by identifying and defining the Haitian subject and the legal and social infrastructure success of the new Haitian state. 2023-01-31T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2044 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__Final_Thesis.pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__IRB.pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__signature_page.pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/2/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur_Turnitin.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Haiti colonization decolonization enslaved revolution subjectivity Black personhood Haitian subject captive Haitian legal subjectivity Africana Studies Human Rights Law International Law Latin American History
spellingShingle Haiti
colonization
decolonization
enslaved
revolution
subjectivity
Black personhood
Haitian subject
captive
Haitian legal subjectivity
Africana Studies
Human Rights Law
International Law
Latin American History
Blemur, Rebeca J
A Captive’s Subjectivity
title A Captive’s Subjectivity
title_full A Captive’s Subjectivity
title_fullStr A Captive’s Subjectivity
title_full_unstemmed A Captive’s Subjectivity
title_short A Captive’s Subjectivity
title_sort captive s subjectivity
topic Haiti
colonization
decolonization
enslaved
revolution
subjectivity
Black personhood
Haitian subject
captive
Haitian legal subjectivity
Africana Studies
Human Rights Law
International Law
Latin American History
url https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2044
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__Final_Thesis.pdf
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__IRB.pdf
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur__signature_page.pdf
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3076/filename/2/type/additional/viewcontent/Rebeca_Blemur_Turnitin.pdf
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