The World of the Haitian Revolution

by Geggus, David Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780253220172
• ISBN10: 0253220173
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

In January 1804, the once wealthy colony of Saint-Domingue declared its independence from France and adopted the Amerindian name "Haiti." Independence was the outcome of the extraordinary uprising of the colony's slaves. Although a central event in the history of the French in the New World, the full significance of the revolution has yet to be realized. These essays deepen our understanding of Haiti during the period from 1791 to 1815. They consider the colony's history and material culture; its "free people of color;" the events leading up to the revolution and its violent unfolding; the political and economic fallout from the revolution; and its cultural representations.

Author Biography

David Patrick Geggus teaches history at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Among his books are Slavery, War and Revolution and Haitian Revolutionary Studies (IUP, 2003).

Norman Fiering is author of Moral Philosophy at Seventeenth-Century Harvard: A Discipline in Transition and Jonathan Edwards's Moral Thought and Its British Context. Fiering is past director and librarian of the John Carter Brown Library.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Saint-Domingue on the Eve of Revolution: Politics and Economics

The Colony of Saint-Domingue on the Eve of Revolution

Vestiges of the Built Landscape of Pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue

Saint-Domingue's Free People of Color and the Tools of Revolution

On the Road to Citizenship: The Complex Paths toward the Integration of Free People of Color in the Two Capitals of Saint-Domingue

Colonial Absolutism: Politics in Principle and Practice in the Old Regime

Unfolding of the Slave Revolution

The Insurgents of 1791, their Leaders, and the Concept of Independence

Avenging America: The Politics of Violence in the Haitian Revolution

FOtes de l'hymen, fOtes de la libertT: Matrimony, Emancipation, and the Creation of New Men

The Colonial VendTe

The Slave Revolution and the Unfolding of Independence in Saint-Domingue, 1801-1804

Reverberations

The French Revolution's Other Island: The Impact of Saint-Domingue on Revolutionary Politics in France

Repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba, 1791-1812

Exiles in the United States

Free Upon Higher Ground: Saint-Domingue Slaves' Suits for Freedom in U. S. Courts, 1792-1830

Repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Brazil

Representations of the Revolution

The Specter of Saint-Domingue: The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the United States and France

Representations of the Haitian Revolution in French Fiction

Neo-Classicism and the Haitian Revolution

Index

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