| Description |
xv, 400 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-390) and index. |
| Contents |
Becoming a slavemaster -- The Oge Insurrection -- The first days of the slave insurrection -- A poet in the midst of insurrection : Amon Odyssee -- 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 Francais 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 Francais -- 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Personal narratives.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Popkin, Jeremy D., 1948-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780226675824 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226675823 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226675831 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226675831 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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