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Avengers of the New World

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Description for Avengers of the New World Paperback. The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony at that time. The stories of slaves, free people of African descent, wealthy whites, and French administrators are woven into an unforgettable tale of insurrection, war, heroism, and victory. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674018266
SKU
V9780674018266
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About Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois is Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke University.

Reviews for Avengers of the New World
A stern and brilliant new book… The Haitian Revolution, in all its ugliness and brutality, was the response of the oppressed, indentured and enslaved to their unjust condition. And it is this whirling and chaotic world that Dubois so vividly brings to life in Avengers of the New World and so accurately deconstructs… Dubois starts this book about war with ... Read more

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