Louis joseph janvier biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders!
Constitutions of Haïti to 1849 (via “The Rise of Modern Constitutionalism”) (Thumbnails/ no pdf download)
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Hérard Dumesle, Voyage dans le nord d’Hayti, ou, Révélations des lieux et des monuments historiques, 1824
Anténor Firmin
Anténor Firmin was born in Cap-Haïtien on 18 October 1850.
A renowned anthropologist, politician, diplomat, and writer, Firmin remains one of the most influential figures in Haitian history.
Louis joseph janvier biography for kids
Firmin was a leading voice in the Liberal Party of the late nineteenth century. In 1883, Firmin relocated to Paris, where, with the assistance of fellow Haitian intellectual Louis-Joseph Janvier, he was accepted as a member of the exclusive Anthropology Society of Paris.
It was in Paris that Firmin read Arthur de Gobineau’s notorious Essai sur l’inégalité des races humaines, inspiring him to publish a trenchant response, De l’égalite des races humaines, in 1885. Although Firmin’s essay, grounded