An Islandwide Struggle for Freedom Revolution, Emancipation, and Reenslavement in Hispaniola, 1789-1809 / Graham T. Nessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nessler, Graham T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Law and legislation--Hispaniola--History.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Hispaniola--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Hispaniola.

Slavery--Hispaniola--History.

Dominican Republic--History--To 1844.

Dominican Republic.

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

Haiti.

Hispaniola--History--19th century.

Hispaniola.

Hispaniola--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution as both an islandwide and a circum-Caribbean phenomenon, Graham Nessler examines the intertwined histories of Saint-Domingue, the French colony that became Haiti, and Santo Domingo, the Spanish colony that became the Dominican Republic. Nessler argues that the territories' borders and governance were often unclear and mutually influential.

Contents:

I am the king of the counter-revolution: revolution and emancipation in Hispaniola, 1789-1795

The courage to conquer their natural liberty: conflicts over emancipation in French Santo Domingo, 1795-1801

Santo Domingo and the rise of Toussaint Louverture, 1795-1801

Uprooting the tree of liberty: Toussaint Louverture in Santo Domingo, 1801-1802

The shame of the nation: the force of reenslavement and the law of slavery under the regime of Ferrand, 1804-1809

They always knew her to be free: archiving liberty in French Santo Domingo, 1804-1809.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908458-5-6

979-88-908458-6-3

1-4696-2688-8

OCLC:

945632920