LEADER 04998nam 22006494a 450 001 9910819798803321 005 20230124183426.0 010 $a1-282-53742-3 010 $a9786612537424 010 $a0-226-67585-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226675855 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007468 035 $a(EBL)485983 035 $a(OCoLC)593240118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251906 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10308736 035 $a(PQKB)11127020 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485983 035 $a(DE-B1597)524131 035 $a(OCoLC)847370517 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226675855 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485983 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10366824 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253742 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007468 100 $a20070410d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFacing racial revolution$b[electronic resource] $eeyewitness accounts of the Haitian Insurrection /$fJeremy D. Popkin [editor] 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (418 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-67582-3 311 $a0-226-67583-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-390) and index. 327 $aBecoming a slavemaster -- The Oge? Insurrection -- The first days of the slave insurrection -- A poet in the midst of insurrection : Amon Odysse?e -- 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 Franc?ais 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 Franc?ais -- 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. 330 $aThe only truly successful slave uprising in the Atlantic world, the Haitian Revolution gave birth to the first independent black republic of the modern era. Inspired by the revolution that had recently roiled their French rulers, black slaves and people of mixed race alike rose up against their oppressors in a bloody insurrection that led to the burning of the colony's largest city, a bitter struggle against Napoleon's troops, and in 1804, the founding of a free nation. Numerous firsthand narratives of these events survived, but their invaluable insights into the period have long languished in obscurity-until now. In Facing Racial Revolution, Jeremy D. Popkin unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more than a dozen accounts written by white colonists trying to come to grips with a world that had suddenly disintegrated. These dramatic writings give us our most direct portrayal of the actions of the revolutionaries, vividly depicting encounters with the uprising's leaders-Toussaint Louverture, Boukman, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines-as well as putting faces on many of the anonymous participants in this epochal moment. Popkin's expert commentary on each selection provides the necessary background about the authors and the incidents they describe, while also addressing the complex question of the witnesses' reliability and urging the reader to consider the implications of the narrators' perspectives. Along with the American and French revolutions, the birth of Haiti helped shape the modern world. The powerful, moving, and sometimes troubling testimonies collected in Facing Racial Revolution significantly expand our understanding of this momentous event. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General$2bisacsh 607 $aHaiti$xHistory$yRevolution, 1791-1804$vPersonal narratives 610 $arace, racism, racist, eyewitness, witnesses, haiti, insurrection, government, power, protest, politics, political, history, historical, academic, scholarly, research, revolution, modern, contemporary, french, france, colonial, colonialism, uprising, napoleon, freedom, white, revolutionary, toussaint louverture, boukman, jean jacques dessalines, narrative, journal. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General. 676 $a972.94/030922 700 $aPopkin$b Jeremy D., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0291624 701 $aPopkin$b Jeremy D.$f1948-$0291624 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819798803321 996 $aFacing racial revolution$94081877 997 $aUNINA