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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Hutchins Center: Philippe Girard: Nathan I. Huggins Lectures (3 of 3)
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SUMMARY:Hutchins Center: Philippe Girard: Nathan I. Huggins Lectures (3 of 3)
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Philippe Girard</strong>, Professor of History and Department Head, McNeese State University</p><p>October 29th: <strong>Isaac Sasportas</strong></p><p><strong><strong>Lecture 3: </strong></strong>Isaac Sasportas was a Haitian-born Sephardic Jew. Inspired by the French Revolution¹s embrace of religious and racial equality, he conceived an elaborate plan in 1799 to export the Haitian Revolution to nearby Jamaica and to free Britain¹s slaves‹the closest that the New World ever got to a second Haiti. His ultimate failure reveals why the Haitian Revolution remained a one-off event.</p><p><strong><a href="http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/october-28-2015-400pm/philippe-girard-nathan-i-huggins-lectures-2-3" data-url="http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/october-28-2015-400pm/philippe-girard-nathan-i-huggins-lectures-2-3">Read more...</a></strong></p>
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