An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti /

Rainsford, Marcus, active 1805,

An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti / Marcus Rainsford ; edited and with an introduction by Paul Youngquist and Gregory Pierrot. - 1 online resource (402 pages): illustrations, maps - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti -- A Succinct historical View of the Colonies of Hispaniola and St. Domingo, from the Discovery of Hayti, by Columbus, to the Height of their Prosperity in 1789 -- Origin of the Revolutionary Spirit of this Period in St. Domingo -- Account of the Progress and Accomplishment of the Independence of St. Domingo -- State of Manners on the Independence of the Blacks in St. Domingo, with a Memoir of the Circumstances of the Author's Visit to the Island in 1799 -- View of the Black Army, and of the War between the French Republic and the independent Blacks of St. Domingo -- On the Establishment of a Black Empire, and the probable Effects of the Colonial Revolution -- Compromising Documents Referred to in Different Parts of the Work: Together with Auxiliary Remarks. ch. I. ch. II. ch. III. ch. IV. ch. V. ch. VI. Appendix:

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A new edition of the earliest English-language account of the Haitian Revolution. Originally published in 1805, the narrative played a significant role in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of that momentous event.

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Haiti.
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804.
Haiti--History--To 1791.


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