An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti / Marcus Rainsford ; edited and with an introduction by Paul Youngquist and Gregory Pierrot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: London : Duke University Press, 2013Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (402 pages): illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822395560
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Contents:
Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti -- ch. I. 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 -- ch. II. Origin of the Revolutionary Spirit of this Period in St. Domingo -- ch. III. Account of the Progress and Accomplishment of the Independence of St. Domingo -- ch. IV. 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 -- ch. V. View of the Black Army, and of the War between the French Republic and the independent Blacks of St. Domingo -- ch. VI. On the Establishment of a Black Empire, and the probable Effects of the Colonial Revolution -- Appendix: Compromising Documents Referred to in Different Parts of the Work: Together with Auxiliary Remarks.
Summary: 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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Chronology -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti -- ch. I. 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 -- ch. II. Origin of the Revolutionary Spirit of this Period in St. Domingo -- ch. III. Account of the Progress and Accomplishment of the Independence of St. Domingo -- ch. IV. 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 -- ch. V. View of the Black Army, and of the War between the French Republic and the independent Blacks of St. Domingo -- ch. VI. On the Establishment of a Black Empire, and the probable Effects of the Colonial Revolution -- Appendix: Compromising Documents Referred to in Different Parts of the Work: Together with Auxiliary Remarks.

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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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