The Haitian Revolution of 1789-1803 transformed the Caribbean's
wealthiest colony into the first independent state in Latin
America. It encompassed the largest slave uprising in the Americas
and inflicted a humiliating defeat on the three main colonial
powers - France, Britain, and Spain. In this study, David Patrick
Geggus sheds light on this tremendous upheaval by marshalling an
unprecedented range of evidence drawn from archival research in a
half-dozen countries. Together with a narrative overview, Geggus's
13 fine-grained essays explore central issues and little-studied
aspects of the conflict including new historiography and sources,
the origins of the black rebellion, relations between slaves and
free people of colour, international repercussions, and the naming
of the new state. Major topics discussed are the contributions of
vodou and marronage to the slave uprising, Toussaint Louverture and
the abolition question, the policies of the major powers toward the
revolution, and its interaction with the early French
Revolution.;Among the more unusual issues investigated are black
counterrevolutionaries and resettlement of the insurgent leaders in
Latin America. Questions about
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