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Facing Racial Revolution - Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection (Hardcover)
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Facing Racial Revolution - Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection (Hardcover)
Series: mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
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The only truly successful slave uprising in the Atlantic world, the
Haitian Revolution gave birth to the first independent black
republic of the modern era. Inspired by the revolution that had
recently roiled their French rulers, black slaves and people of
mixed race alike rose up against their oppressors in a bloody
insurrection that led to the burning of the colony's largest city,
a bitter struggle against Napoleon's troops, and in 1804, the
founding of a free nation.
Numerous firsthand narratives of these events survived, but their
invaluable insights into the period have long languished in
obscurity--until now. In "Facing Racial Revolution," Jeremy D.
Popkin unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more
than a dozen accounts written by white colonists trying to come to
grips with a world that had suddenly disintegrated. These dramatic
writings give us our most direct portrayal of the actions of the
revolutionaries, vividly depicting encounters with the uprising's
leaders--Toussaint Louverture, Boukman, and Jean-Jacques
Dessalines--as well as putting faces on many of the anonymous
participants in this epochal moment. Popkin's expert commentary on
each selection provides the necessary background about the authors
and the incidents they describe, while also addressing the complex
question of the witnesses' reliability and urging the reader to
consider the implications of the narrators' perspectives.
Along with the American and French revolutions, the birth of Haiti
helped shape the modern world. The powerful, moving, and sometimes
troubling testimonies collected in "Facing Racial Revolution"
significantly expand our understanding of this momentous event.
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