Slavery in the Caribbean Francophone World
Subtitle: Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities
Contributors: University of Georgia (Corporate Author); Doris Y. Kadish (Editor)
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780820321660
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Slavery & emancipation; Social conditions; History; Caribbean Area - History; Slavery; West Indies, French; History - General History; Slaves; Sociology; Caribbean islands; Anthropology - Cultural; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Congresses; Slave insurrections
First sentence: "They are intoxicated with freedom" write colonial deputies from France to their compatriots in Saint-Domingue on August 12, 1789.