A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution

by Popkin, Jeremy D.

• ISBN13: 9781405198219
• ISBN10: 1405198214
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-12
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book offers students a concise and clearly written overview of the events of the Haitian Revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 to the declaration of Haiti's independence in 1804. Draws on the latest scholarship in the field as well as the author's original research Offers a valuable resource for those studying independence movements in Latin America, the history of the Atlantic World, the history of the African diaspora, and the age of the American and French revolutions Written by an expert on both the French and Haitian revolutions to offer a balanced view Presents a chronological, yet thematic, account of the complex historical contexts that produced and shaped the Haitian Revolution

Author Biography

Jeremy D. Popkin is T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, and the author of You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery (2010) and Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Uprising (2008).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Series Editor's Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
A Colonial Society in a Revolutionary Era	p. 10
The Uprisings, 1791-1793	p. 35
Republican Emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793-1798	p. 62
Toussaint Louverture in Power, 1798-1801	p. 90
The Struggle for Independence, 1802-1806	p. 114
Consolidating Independence in a Hostile World	p. 141
Afterword: The Earthquake Crisis of 2010 and the Haitian Revolution	p. 167
Recent Scholarship on the Haitian Revolution	p. 171
Notes	p. 178
Index	p. 191
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