The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution / Malick W. Ghachem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghachem, Malick W. (Malick Walid), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France. Code noir.

France.

Law--Haiti--History.

Law.

Haiti--Politics and government--1791-1804.

Haiti.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Old Regime & the Haitian Revolution

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Haitian Revolution (1789-1804) was an epochal event that galvanized slaves and terrified planters throughout the Atlantic world. Rather than view this tumultuous period solely as a radical rupture with slavery, Malick W. Ghachem's innovative study shows that emancipation in Haiti was also a long-term product of its colonial legal history. Ghachem takes us deep into this volatile colonial past, digging beyond the letter of the law and vividly re-enacting such episodes as the extraordinary prosecution of a master for torturing and killing his slaves. This book brings us face-to-face with the revolutionary invocation of Old Regime law by administrators seeking stability, but also by free people of color and slaves demanding citizenship and an end to brutality. The result is a subtle yet dramatic portrait of the strategic stakes of colonial governance in the land that would become Haiti.

Contents:

Domestic enemies

Manumission was the means

Reconciling humanity and public policy

Stop the course of these cruelties

Less just than a despot?

To restore order and tranquility.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p.315-335) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-36558-4

1-107-22560-4

1-280-66387-1

9786613640802

1-139-37811-2

1-139-37525-3

1-139-05017-6

1-139-37668-3

1-139-37126-6

1-139-37954-2

OCLC:

794327712