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Haitian revolutionary studies [electronic resource] / David Patrick Geggus.

By: Geggus, David Patrick.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora: Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2002Description: xii, 334 p. : maps ; 25 cm.Subject(s): African diaspora | Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 972.94/03 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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 Caïman 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.

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

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 Caïman 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.