Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents

by Laurent Dubois and John D. Garrigus

Book Overview

This volume details the first slave rebellion to have a successful outcome, leading to the establishment of Haiti as a free black republic and paving the way for the emancipation of slaves in the rest of the French Empire and the world. Incited by the French Revolution, the enslaved inhabitants of the French Caribbean began a series of revolts, and in 1791 plantation workers in Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, overwhelmed their planter owners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031241501X
• ISBN13: 9780312415013
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

College Coursework

I purchased this book for college coursework in a core history class. We were assigned a paper on the book. Other people in my class did some outside research, but there was enough information between the text and all the source documents that I didn't find outside sources necessary.

Fascinating

I could not be helped but be moved by the documents in this book. The author did an incredible job of helping the reader understand the importance of San Domingue and the other French colonies by including letters, articles and transcripts. This was so important to my research about the nation that would eventually become Haiti and other colonies that found themselves in similar circumstances. These accounts tell the real truth about life in the French colonies and the resolve of the inhabitants.