An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti /
A new edition of the earliest English-language account of the Haitian Revolution. Originally published in 1805, the narrative played a significant role in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of that momentous event.
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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London :
Duke University Press,
2013.
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Inhoudsopgave:
- Chronology
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti
- ch. I. A Succinct historical View of the Colonies of Hispaniola and St. Domingo, from the Discovery of Hayti, by Columbus, to the Height of their Prosperity in 1789
- ch. II. Origin of the Revolutionary Spirit of this Period in St. Domingo
- ch. III. Account of the Progress and Accomplishment of the Independence of St. Domingo
- ch. IV. State of Manners on the Independence of the Blacks in St. Domingo, with a Memoir of the Circumstances of the Author's Visit to the Island in 1799
- ch. V. View of the Black Army, and of the War between the French Republic and the independent Blacks of St. Domingo
- ch. VI. On the Establishment of a Black Empire, and the probable Effects of the Colonial Revolution
- Appendix: Compromising Documents Referred to in Different Parts of the Work: Together with Auxiliary Remarks.