Date of Award
Spring 4-20-2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Second Department
Africana Studies
First Thesis Reader
Aaron Silverman
Second Thesis Reader
April Mayes
Third Thesis Reader
Julia E. Liss
Rights Information
© 2012 Ashleigh P. Shoecraft
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Abstract
This thesis discusses the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the United States as a lens through which to view the transnational nature of American exceptionalism. It concludes with an articulation of the necessity of incorporating this relational nature of United States identity development into high school coursework, and advocates for teaching about the Haitian Revolution as an effective means through which to do this.
Recommended Citation
Shoecraft, Ashleigh P., ""A Single Finger Can't Eat Okra": The Importance of Remembering the Haitian Revolution in United States History" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 126.
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/126