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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819206003321

Autore

Geggus David Patrick

Titolo

Haitian revolutionary studies / / David Patrick Geggus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-253-10926-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 334 p. ) : maps ;

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

972.94/03

Soggetti

African diaspora

Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Haitian revolution -- New approaches and old -- Underexploited sources -- The causation of slave rebellions : an overview -- Marronage, vodou, and the slave revolt of 1791 -- The Bois Caiman ceremony -- The "Swiss" and the problem of slave/free colored cooperation -- The "volte-face" of Toussaint Louverture -- Slave, soldier, rebel : the strange career of Jean Kina -- Racial equality, slavery, and colonial secession during the constituent assembly -- The great powers and the Haitian revolution -- The slave leaders in exile : Spain's resettlement of its black auxiliary troops -- The naming of Haiti.

Sommario/riassunto

Questions about ethnicity, identity, and historical knowledge inform this essential study of a complex revolution.