Dominican Crossroads

“This well-written and insightful book sheds new and penetrating light on Black internationalism.” - Gerald Horne, author of Confronting Black Jacobins: The United States, the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic

“Christina Cecelia Davidson truly brings to life an acknowledged but often overlooked time period in the history of US-Dominican relations. She introduces us to H. C. C. Astwood: a politically connected Protestant minister and unscrupulous representative of US commercial interests and imperialist expansion into the Dominican Republic. Davidson emphasizes Astwood’s complicities, manipulations, and prejudices, all while underscoring the racist and imperialist infrastructure that informed his perspective on the world and understanding of his role. Showing how Astwood did not fit the stereotype of the politically conscious ‘race man,’ Davidson demonstrates that there was no one way to do ‘Black politics’ during this crucial time in the nineteenth century.” - April J. Mayes, author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity

"Dominican Crossroads . . . is an exceptional publication and a riveting read, offering a rare insight into nineteenth-century race-making in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, the United States and beyond." - Eve Hayes de Kalaf, Journal of Latin American Studies

"Davidson taps into an underutilized and tremendously instructive archive . . . [and] makes significant contributions to Latin American and Caribbean studies, Afro-diasporic religion, and US diplomatic history."