Falls Lecture: Dr. Nathalie Frédéric Pierre

Nathalie Frédéric Pierre is an Assistant Professor of History. She earned her PhD in the history of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America from New York University. In the classroom and within her research agenda, Professor Pierre highlights the plans and processes people of African descent set into motion in order to sustain sites of autonomy across the Americas. She is currently writing her first book, “‘The Vessel of Independence... Must Save Itself’: Haitian State Formation, 1757 - 1815.” It articulates the political thought of Haitian statesmen, who were bound to preserve antislavery and create a government suitable for emancipated citizens of African origin in a revolutionary Atlantic world still reliant on enslaved labor.