Island anthropologies: 
anthropological knowledge production
in haiti & the Dominican Republic

The making of foundational figures

Louis-Joseph Janvier, Antenor Firmin, and Georges Sylvain

This page is dedicated to examining some of the 19th and early 20th century people in Haiti contributing to the development of anthropological theory, method, and approaches.

From Le Biographie, Le Docteur Louis-Joseph Janvier.  Lenoir, Marie-Edouard. 1884.

Louis-Joseph Janvier

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Antenor Firmin

Antenor Firmin and family.  From CIDIHCA Montreal.

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Georges Sylvain (seated) and family.
From Marilyn Pierre (Pinterest)/kreyolicious.com

Georges Sylvain