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A concise history of the Haitian revolution

The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt in world history, and the first time that people of color overthrew a European colonial regime to establish an independent country. This book offers students a concise and clearly written overview of the events of the revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 and the emergence of its remarkable leader, Toussaint Louverture, to the declaration of Haiti's independence in 1804 and the consolidation of the country's independence in the decades that followed
eBook, English, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2012
History
1 online resource
9781444347531, 9781405198202, 9781444347500, 1444347535, 1405198206, 1444347500
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Front Matter
Introduction
A Colonial Society in a Revolutionary Era
The Uprisings, 1791₆1793
Republican Emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793₆1798
Toussaint Louverture in Power, 1798₆1801
The Struggle for Independence, 1802₆1806
Consolidating Independence in a Hostile World
Afterword: The Earthquake Crisis of 2010 and the Haitian Revolution
Recent Scholarship on the Haitian Revolution
Notes
Index