Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Cultural Editions)

Laurent Dubois

John D. Garrigus

Bedford/St.Martin's

02 The Haitian Revolution was the first slave rebellion to have a successful outcome, leading to the establishment of Haiti as a free black republic and paving the way for the emancipation of slaves in the rest of the French Empire and the world.  Incited by the French Revolution, the enslaved inhabitants of the French Caribbean began a series of revolts, and in 1791 plantation workers in Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, overwhelmed their planter owners and began to take control of the island. They achieved emancipation in 1794, and after successfully opposing Napoleonic forces eight years later, emerged as part of an independent nation in 1804. A broad selection of documents, all newly translated by the authors, is contextualized by a thorough introduction considering the very latest scholarship. Professors Dubois and Garrigus clarify for students the complex political, economic, and racial issues surrounding the revolution.  Useful pedagogical tools include maps, illustrations, a chronology and a selected bibliography.

Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789 - 1804: A Brief History With Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

History

Americas

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Code commenté du travail

<p>From European contact through the present day, St. Domingue (Haiti) and Louisiana have been bound together by shared economies, cultural enterprises, and peoples. Common Routes: St. Domingue Louisiana, a ground-breaking exhibition at The Historic New Orleans Collection in the spring of 2006, illuminated this shared history. The exhibition catalogue features essays by noted scholars Franklin Knight, John Garrigus, Laurent Dubois, Gilles-Antoine Langlois, Alfred Lemmon, and John Lawrenceas well as reproductions of images and artifacts featured in the exhibition. Readers will find the stories of individuals rooted in the intersection of cultures and re-routed across oceans in search of fortune or freedom. Among the protagonists are the thousands of immigrants who settled in Louisiana in the wake of the Haitian Revolution. Their civic and artistic contributions imbued New Orleans with a distinctive cultural dye that marks the city's character to this day.</p>

Common Routes: St. Domingue Louisiana

Arts & Photography

Alfred E. Lemmon

John H. Lawrence

Franklin W. Knight

John Garrigus

Gilles-Antoine Langlois

Themes

The Historic New Orleans Collection

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