| Description |
viii, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- 1. Specters of Saint-Domingue -- 2. Fermentation -- 3. Inheritance -- 4. Fire in the cane -- 5. New world -- 6. Defiance -- 7. Liberty's land -- 8. The opening -- 9. Power -- 10. Enemies of Liberty -- 11. Territory -- 12. The tree of Liberty -- 13. Those who die -- Epilogue : Out of the ashes -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst fears of masters. |
| Subject |
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804.
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| ISBN |
0674013042 alkaline paper |
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9780674013049 alkaline paper |
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