Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
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ISBN: 031241501X / Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, February 2006
Examines the issues surrounding the Haitian Revolution, the first successful slave rebellion, and offers a broad selection of documents to clarify the complexity surrounding the revolution and the spread of revolt elsewhere in the French Caribbean.
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This volume details 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. Laurent Dubois and John D. Garrigus clarify for students the complex political, economic, and racial issues surrounding the revolution and its reverberations worldwide. Useful pedagogical tools include maps, illustrations, a chronology, and a selected bibliography.
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