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| Preface |
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List of Maps and Illustrations |
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PART ONE Introduction: Revolution, Emancipation, and Independence |
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The French Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century |
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3 | (9) |
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The Revolution Begins, 1789--1791 |
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12 | (4) |
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From Slave Revolution to Emancipation, 1791--1794 |
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16 | (4) |
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Defining Emancipation, 1794--1801 |
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20 | (5) |
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The Haitian Revolution and the United States |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (8) |
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The Legacy of the Haitian Revolution |
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30 | (4) |
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Major Revolutionary Figures and Groups |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (152) |
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1 The French Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century |
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39 | (12) |
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39 | (3) |
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2 Prophesies of Slave Revolution, 1771 and 1780 |
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42 | (3) |
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3 Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Mery, Description ... of the French Part of the Island of Saint-Domingue, 1797 |
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45 | (6) |
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2 The Revolution Begins, 1789--1791 |
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51 | (23) |
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4 Letters from the Slave Revolt in Martinique, August--September 1789 |
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51 | (4) |
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5 The Free Citizens of Color, Address to the National Assembly, October 22, 1789 |
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55 | (3) |
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6 The National Assembly, Decree of March 8 and Instructions of March 28, 1790 |
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58 | (2) |
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7 Abbe Gregoire, Letter to Those Who Love Mankind, October 1790 |
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60 | (3) |
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8 Letters from the Uprising of Vincent Oge, October 1790 |
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63 | (3) |
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9 Julien Raimond, Observations on the Origin and Progression of the White Colonists' Prejudice against Men of Color, 1791 |
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66 | (4) |
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10 The National Assembly, Law on the Colonies, 1791 |
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70 | (2) |
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11 Mortals Are Equal, 1791 |
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72 | (2) |
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3 From Slave Revolution to Emancipation, 1791--1794 |
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74 | (52) |
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12 Herard Dumesle, Voyage to the North of Haiti, 1824 |
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74 | (3) |
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13 Antoine Dalmas, History of the Revolution of Saint-Domingue, 1814 |
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77 | (4) |
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14 Pierre Mossut, Letter to the Marquis de Gallifet, September 19, 1791 |
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81 | (2) |
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15 Philadelphia General Advertiser, Reports from the Insurrection, October--November 1791 |
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83 | (4) |
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16 Jean-Francois and Biassou, Letters to the Commissioners, December 1791 |
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87 | (4) |
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17 Gros, In the Camps of the Insurgents, 1791 |
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91 | (5) |
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18 Olympe de Gouges, Preface to The Slavery of the Blacks, 1792 |
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96 | (3) |
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19 Jean-Paul Marat, From The Friend of the People, 1792 |
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99 | (2) |
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20 Thomas Clarkson, The True State of the Case, Respecting the Insurrection at St. Domingo, 1792 |
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101 | (2) |
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21 The National Assembly, Law of April 4, 1792 |
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103 | (1) |
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22 Journal Republicain de la Guadeloupe, Account of the Slave Revolt, April 24, 1793 |
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104 | (3) |
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23 Fougea, The Armed Negre, 1792 or 1794 |
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107 | (2) |
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24 Laurent Jolicoeur, Petition, 1793 |
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109 | (1) |
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25 Leger Felicite Sonthonax, Decree of General Liberty, August 29, 1793 |
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110 | (5) |
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26 Pierre Jean L. Boquet, Plunder of Cap Francais, 1793 |
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115 | (3) |
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27 Insurgent Responses to Emancipation, 1793 |
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118 | (4) |
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28 The National Convention, The Abolition of Slavery, February 4, 1794 |
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122 | (4) |
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4 Defining Emancipation, 1794--1801 |
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126 | (24) |
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29 Victor Hugues, Proclamations, 1794 |
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126 | (3) |
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30 Genevieve Labothiere Secures Her Brother's Freedom, 1796--1801 |
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129 | (2) |
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31 The Plantation Policies of Etienne Polverel, 1794 |
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131 | (6) |
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32 Jean-Baptiste Belley, The True Colors of the Planters, or the System of the Hotel Massiac, Exposed by Gouli, 1795 |
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137 | (2) |
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33 Anne-Louis Girodet, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley, 1798 |
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139 | (2) |
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34 Toussaint Louverture, A Refutation of Some Assertions in a Speech Pronounced in the Corps Legislatif ... by Vienot Vaublanc, 1797 |
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141 | (6) |
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35 Etienne Laveaux, A Celebration of the Anniversary of Abolition, 1798 |
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147 | (3) |
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5 The Haitian Revolution and the United States |
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150 | (8) |
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36 Thomas Jefferson, Letters, 1797--1802 |
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150 | (3) |
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37 Refugees in Charleston, S.C., Petition, October 25, 1799 |
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153 | (2) |
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38 Charles Brockden Brown, St. Domingo, December 1804 |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (31) |
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39 Toussaint Louverture, From Constitution of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue, 1801 |
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158 | (4) |
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40 Louis Delgres, Proclamation, 1802 |
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162 | (2) |
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41 General Jean-Francois-Xavier de Menard, On the Final Stand of Delgres, 1802 |
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164 | (2) |
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42 Napoleon Bonaparte and General Charles-Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc, Letters, 1802--1803 |
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166 | (5) |
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43 Mary Hassal, From Secret History; or the Horrors of St. Domingo, 1808 |
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171 | (4) |
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44 Marie-Rose Masson, Letter to the Marquis de Gallifet, July 27, 1802 |
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175 | (1) |
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45 Brigadier General Pierre Cange, Letter to Delpech, November 1802 |
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176 | (2) |
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46 The Haitian Declaration of Independence, January 1, 1804 |
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178 | (3) |
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47 The Haitian Constitution, 1805 |
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181 | (6) |
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48 Vodou Songs about Jean-Jacques Dessalines, since the Nineteenth Century |
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187 | (2) |
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A Chronology of Events Related to the Slave Revolution in the Caribbean (1635--1805) |
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189 | (3) |
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Questions for Consideration |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (5) |
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