Chapter 9: An Independent State without a Sovereign People (306–351)
→ What is the role of reproduction in Casimir’s analysis?
→ What is the problem for Casimir with the naming of Haiti as the “first black republic”? What about the problem with 1804 as the “first successful slave revolution”?
→ How did national sovereignty emerge in Haiti? What is the first expression of the people’s own sovereignty?
→ Describe the relationship between the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, according to Casimir.
→ What is the importance of the oath at Bois Caïman?
