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Author Girard, Philippe R.

Title The slaves who defeated Napoleon : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 / Philippe R. Girard.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 444 pages) : illustrations.
Series Atlantic crossings
Atlantic crossings.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Black Napoleon: Louverture and the 1801 Constitution -- The White Toussaint: Bonaparte's decision to invade Saint-Domingue -- Eve of a battle: planning the Leclerc expedition -- King of the Tropics: the Atlantic Crossing and the Moyse Uprising -- Parley: the French landing -- Supply and demand: Leclerc's diplomacy with the United States, Cuba, and Jamaica -- Ash and iron: the Spring campaign -- Lull: love, loot, labor, and Louverture's exile -- Mal de Siam: the yellow fever epidemic -- Faux Pas: the maroon uprising -- Revolt: the defection of the colonial army -- Reprieve: Rochambeau and the French counteroffensive -- Unity is strength: dessalines and the unification of the rebel army -- Echoes of Saint-Domingue: Louverture's captivity and the Louisiana Purchase -- New enemy, new partner: the British navy at war -- Sodom and Gomorrah: life in besieged French towns -- Resolution: the rebel victory -- Liberty and death: Haitian independence -- The long way home: French refugees and the Fall of Santo Domingo -- Conclusion.
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Summary To a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people--nothing worth fighting over. Two centuries ago, however, Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was the and ldquo;Pearl of the Antilles, and rdquo; France's most valuable overseas colony, the largest exporter of tropical products in the world, and the United States' second most important trading partner after England. Haiti was also the place where in 1801-1802 Napoľon Bonaparte sent the largest colonial venture of his reign: the Leclerc expedition. His goal was to remove the famous revolution.
Subject Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. (OCoLC)fst00035482
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803. (OCoLC)fst00004532
Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) (OCoLC)fst01354524
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804.
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Personal narratives.
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Sources.
Generals -- Haiti -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- Haiti -- Biography.
Statesmen -- Haiti -- Biography.
Generals -- Haiti.
Revolutionaries -- Haiti.
Statesmen -- Haiti.
Toussaint Louverture.
History.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
Revolutionaries. (OCoLC)fst01096578
Statesmen. (OCoLC)fst01131990
Haiti. (OCoLC)fst01205135
Chronological Term 1791-1804
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Other Form: Print version: Girard, Philippe R. Slaves who defeated Napoleon. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011 9780817317324 (DLC) 2011019639 (OCoLC)728656694
ISBN 9780817385408 (electronic bk.)
0817385401 (electronic bk.)
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