Curaçao in the age of revolutions, 1795-1800 / / edited by Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie

• Autore: Klooster Wim
• Pubblicazione: Leiden - Boston, : Brill, 2011; Leiden : , : KITLV Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 180 pages)
• Disciplina: 972.98
• Soggetto topico: Slave rebellions - Curaçao - History - 18th century; Slave insurrections
• Soggetto geografico: Curaçao History 18th century; Curaçao
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Soggetto non controllato: colonial politics; opstand; revolution; slavery; revolutie; koloniale politiek; caribbean; revolts; slaven opstand; caribisch; slavernij; slave rebellion; curaçao; Caracas; Haitian Revolution; Saint-Domingue
• Altri autori: KloosterWim OostindieGert
• Note generali: "This paperback was originally published by KITLV Press, Leiden, The Netherlands, in 2011 under ISBN 978906783802"--Copyright page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Slave Resistance, Colour Lines, and the Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions in Curaçao / Gert Oostindie -- Slave Rebellion During the Age of Revolution / David Geggus -- The Rising Expectations of Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Greater Caribbean / Wim Klooster -- Inter-Colonial Networks and Revolutionary Ferment in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Linda M. Rupert -- Revolution and Politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / Ramón Aizpurua -- The Patriot Coup D’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Karwan Fatah-Black -- Patriots, Privateers and International Politics: the Myth of the Conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Han Jordaan -- Contributors / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Index / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.
• Sommario/riassunto: From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Curaçao an history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light. The events discussed in this book fall squarely within the Age of Revolutions, the period that began with the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, was punctuated by the demise of the ancien régime in France, saw the establishment of a black state in Haiti, and witnessed the collapse of Spanish rule in mainland America. All of these revolutions seemed to converge by the late eighteenth century in Curaçao. The seven contributions in this volume provide new insights in the nature of slave resistance in the Age of Revolutions, the remarkable flows of people and ideas in the late eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the unique local history of Curaçao. Full text (Open Access)
• Titolo autorizzato: Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
• ISBN: 90-04-25358-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996201646303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Caribbean series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; ; 30.