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A colony of citizens : revolution & slave emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 / Laurent Dubois.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, c2004.Description: x, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0807828742 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0807855367 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 326/.8/0972976
LOC classification:
  • 200 F 2151 D139c 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Insurrection and the language of rights -- A social cartography -- Prophetic rumor -- The insurgent republic -- The arrival of emancipation -- Making slaves citizens -- Worthy of the nation -- War and emancipation -- The mark of freedom -- The revolution's spiral -- The promise of revolution -- The road to Matouba -- Defending the republic -- The new imperial order -- "Vivre libre ou mourir!" -- The exiled republic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Insurrection and the language of rights -- A social cartography -- Prophetic rumor -- The insurgent republic -- The arrival of emancipation -- Making slaves citizens -- Worthy of the nation -- War and emancipation -- The mark of freedom -- The revolution's spiral -- The promise of revolution -- The road to Matouba -- Defending the republic -- The new imperial order -- "Vivre libre ou mourir!" -- The exiled republic.

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