| Description |
xv, 400 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-390) and index. |
| Contents |
Becoming a slavemaster -- The Ogé Insurrection -- The first days of the slave insurrection -- A poet in the midst of insurrection : "Mon Odyssée" -- An expedition against the insurgents in November 1791 -- Inside the insurgency : Gross Historick recital -- Prisoners of the insurgents in 1792 -- Fighting and atrocities in the South Province in 1792-1793 -- Masters and their slaves during the insurrection -- The destruction of Cap Français in June 1793 -- A colonist at sea, 1793 -- Imagining the motives behind the insurrection -- A colonist among the Spanish and the British -- A white captive in the struggle against the Leclerc Expedition -- A family reunion and a religious conversion -- A woman's view of the last days of Cap Français -- A child's memories of the last days of Saint-Domingue -- A survivor of Dessalines's massacres in 1804 -- The story of the last French survivors in Saint-Domingue. |
| Subject |
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
9780226675824 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226675823 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226675831 paperback alkaline paper |
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0226675831 paperback alkaline paper |
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