Minette's Worlds: Theatre and Revolution in Saint-Domingue

Delivering a lecture originally scheduled as the keynote address for the March 2019 Haiti in the Atlantic World Symposium, Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy and Co-Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia, will explore the intertwined histories of theatre and revolution in Saint-Domingue, where themes surrounding sexuality, race, and empire took on particular meanings and where actors of African descent, including one named Minette, transformed the stage,

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