02686nam 2200601 450 991045353190332120200520144314.00-19-939352-40-19-025458-00-19-993723-0(CKB)2550000001182814(EBL)1602515(SSID)ssj0001114510(PQKBManifestationID)11735929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001114510(PQKBWorkID)11055445(PQKB)11000423(MiAaPQ)EBC1602515(Au-PeEL)EBL1602515(CaPaEBR)ebr10826579(CaONFJC)MIL562840(OCoLC)868281980(EXLCZ)99255000000118281420140127h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe memoir of general Toussaint Louverture /translated and edited by Philippe GirardOxford, [England] ;New York, [New York] :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (194 p.)Includes index.0-19-993722-2 1-306-31589-1 Cover; The Memoir of General Toussaint Louverture; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; PREFACE TO THE TRANSCRIPT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION; Map of Place Names Mentioned in the Memoir; Original Transcript and English Translation; Memoire du General Toussaint Louverture: Transcript; Memoir of General Toussaint Louverture: English Translation; INDEXHere is an annotated, scholarly, multilingual edition of the only lengthy text personally written by Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture: the memoirs he wrote shortly before his death in the French prison of Fort de Joux. The translation is based on an original copy in Louverture's hand never before published. Historian Philippe Girard begins with an introductory essay that retraces Louverture's career as a slave, rebel, and governor. Girard provides a detailed narrative of the last year of Louverture's life, and analyzes the significance of the memoirs and letters from a historical andGeneralsHaitiBiographyRevolutionariesHaitiBiographyHaitiHistoryRevolution, 1791-1804Electronic books.GeneralsRevolutionaries972.94/03092Girard Philippe871978MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453531903321The memoir of general Toussaint Louverture1946866UNINA