Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
Title | Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Authors | Dubois, Laurent |
Number of Pages | 357 |
Publisher | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |
City | Cambridge, MA |
Abstract | The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst fears of masters. But, peace eluded Saint-Domingue as British and Spanish forces attacked the colony. A charismatic ex-slave named Toussaint Louverture came to France's aid, raising armies of others like himself and defeating the invaders. Ultimately Napoleon, fearing the enormous political power of Toussaint, sent a massive mission to crush him and subjugate the ex-slaves. After many battles, a decisive victory over the French secured the birth of Haiti and the permanent abolition of slavery from the land. |
URL | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674018266 |
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