Haitian revolutionary studies / David Patrick Geggus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geggus, David Patrick.

Series:

Blacks in the diaspora.

Blacks in the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804.

Haiti.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253109262

0253109264

OCLC:

51098619

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04575 hdl