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The Making of Haiti
Carolyn E. Fick
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Description for The Making of Haiti
Paperback. Num Pages: 355 pages, 1 facsim., 1 map. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
In 1789 the French colony of Saint Domingue was the wealthiest and most flourishing of the Caribbean slave colonies, its economy based on the forced labor of more than half a million black slaves raided from their African homelands. The revolt of this underclass in 1791—the only successful slave rebellion in history—gained the slaves their freedom and set in motion the colony's struggle for independence as the black republic of Haiti.
In this pioneering study, Carolyn E. Fick argues that the repressed and uneducated slaves were the principal architects both of their own freedom and of the successful ... Read more
In 1789 the French colony of Saint Domingue was the wealthiest and most flourishing of the Caribbean slave colonies, its economy based on the forced labor of more than half a million black slaves raided from their African homelands. The revolt of this underclass in 1791—the only successful slave rebellion in history—gained the slaves their freedom and set in motion the colony's struggle for independence as the black republic of Haiti.
In this pioneering study, Carolyn E. Fick argues that the repressed and uneducated slaves were the principal architects both of their own freedom and of the successful ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780870496677
SKU
V9780870496677
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About Carolyn E. Fick
Carolyn Fick is currently a Canada Research Fellow at Concordia University in Montreal.
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