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Informationen zum Autor David Patrick Geggus is Professor of History at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He is the author of Slavery, War, and Revolution, editor of The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World, and co-editor (with David Barry Gaspar) of A Turbulent Time: The French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean (Indiana University Press). Klappentext Questions about ethnicity, identity, and historical knowledge inform this essential study of a complex revolution. Zusammenfassung A complete and comprehensive history of the Haitian Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments Part 1. Overview 1. The Haitian Revolution Part 2. Historiography and Sources 2. New Approaches and Old 3. Underexploited Sources Part 3. The Seeds of Revolt 4. The Causation of Slave Rebellions: An Overview 5. Marronage, Vodou, and the Slave Revolt of 1791 6. The Bois Caïman Ceremony Part 4. Slaves and Free Coloreds 7. The "Swiss" and the Problem of Slave/Free Colored Cooperation 8. The "Volte-Face" of Toussaint Louverture 9. Slave, Soldier, Rebel: The Strange Career of Jean Kina Part 5. The Wider Revolution 10. Racial Equality, Slavery, and Colonial Secession during the Constituent Assembly 11. The Great Powers and the Haitian Revolution 12. The Slave Leaders in Exile: Spain's Resettlement of Its Black Auxiliary Troops Part 6. Epilogue 13. The Naming of Haiti Chronology Notes Works Cited Index
