Before Haiti Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue

Author/creator Garrigus, John D. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor]
Description410 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in.
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SeriesAmericas in the Early Modern Atlantic World Ser.
Summary Annotation Winner of the Society for French Historical Studies 2007 Gilbert Chinard Prize! In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. When the Haitian Revolution broke out, the colony was home to the largest and wealthiest free population of African descent in the New World. Before Haitiexplains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity in the years from 1760 to 1804.
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ISBN9780230108370
ISBN0230108377 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780230108370
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