A secret among the Blacks : slave resistance before the Haitian Revolution / John D. Garrigus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrigus, John D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Médor, -1757.

Médor.

Macandal, François, -1758.

Macandal, François.

Antislavery movements--Haiti.

Antislavery movements.

Slave rebellions--Haiti.

Slave rebellions.

Traditional medicine--Political aspects--Haiti--History.

Traditional medicine.

Haiti--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Haiti.

Haiti--History--To 1791.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2023.

Summary:

John D. Garrigus provides a profound historical corrective, showing that enslaved Blacks in Saint-Domingue were hardly complacent before the Haitian Revolution. While scholars have looked beyond the island's shores for the forces that inspired rebellion, Garrigus documents African resistance and political organizing decades before the 1791 revolt.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Médor's Town and Country Lives

2. Médor's Medicines

3. Poison and Panic

4. Makandal, Congo Diviner

5. An Epidemic of Their Own Making

6. Makandal's Ghost

7. The Haitian Revolution Begins

Conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-29508-0

0-674-29509-9

OCLC:

1393309626