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📍 Birthplace Cap-Haïtien
October 18, 1850 – September 19, 1911
Haiti
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Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin, better known as Anténor Firmin, was a Haitian barrister and philosopher, pioneering anthropologist, journalist, and politician. Firmin is best known for his book De l'égalité des races humaines, which was published in 1885 as a rebuttal to French writer Count Arthur de Gobineau's work Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines. Gobineau's book asserted the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of Blacks and other people of color. Firmin's book argued the opposite, that "all men are endowed with the same qualities and the same faults, without distinction of color or anatomical form. The races are equal". He was marginalized at the time for his beliefs that all human races were equal.
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Main works
The Equality of the Human Races · 1885
- De l’égalité des races humainesDe l’égalité des races humaines · 1885
M. Roosevelt, président des États-Unis et la République d'Haïti · 1905
- Lettres de Saint-Thomas. Études sociologiques, historiques et littérairesLettres de Saint-Thomas. Études sociologiques, historiques et littéraires · 1910
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Career
- 1885The Equality of the Human RacesWork
- 1885De l’égalité des races humainesWork
- 1905M. Roosevelt, président des États-Unis et la République d'HaïtiWork
- 1910Lettres de Saint-Thomas. Études sociologiques, historiques et littérairesWork
Places
- Birthplace
- Cap-Haïtien
- Languages
- French, Haitian Creole
Official links and sources
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- Wikidata, Q1584205 (CC0)
- Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.