The Slaves Who Defeated Napoléon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804

by Philippe Girard

Book Overview

A deeply researched and definitive account of the climactic battle at the end of the Haitian Revolution

Among the many rebellions against European colonial empires, the Haitian Revolution against France is among the most dramatic and complex. Having begun in 1791 as France was in the throes of its own young revolution, the conflict reached its dramatic climax when Napoleon dispatched a heavily armed expeditionary force led by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317325
• ISBN13: 9780817317324
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"