The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection
Title | The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection PDF eBook |
Author | Charles de Rémusat |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2008-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807133574 |
Based on events that began in Saint-Domingue on August 21, 1791, The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection vividly dramatizes the genesis and outbreak of a slave revolt. When a representative of the French Assemblée nationale, Monsieur de Tendale, arrives at the Valombre family plantation to examine the condition of slaves in Saint-Domingue and to preach their liberation, he sparks a debate among the local curé and the Valombres -- Monsieur, Madame, son Léon, and daughter Célestine -- who disagree about how slaves should be treated and whether they should be freed. Meanwhile, rebellion brews on the plantation. As the slave revolt unfolds, the play's white hero, Léon, realizes the discrepancy between his liberal political and philosophical ideas and the reality of his family's economic interests. The black hero, Timur, confronts the slaves' bloodthirsty desire to kill the masters, their resistance to his leadership, and the realization that freedom places heavy demands on him and the other insurgents.Translated into English by Norman R. Shapiro for the first time since its publication in 1825, The Saint-Domingue Plantation addresses a wide range of topics that antislavery activists raised during Charles de Rémusat's time, including antitorture measures, slaves' access to the sacrament of marriage, and religious education. An informative introduction by Doris Y. Kadish places the play in its historic and literary contexts, inviting further discussion and interpretation of this important work.
The Haitian Revolution
Title | The Haitian Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Toussaint L'Ouverture |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2019-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1788736575 |
Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L’Ouverture’s profound contribution to the struggle for equality.
The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection
Title | The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection PDF eBook |
Author | Charles de Rémusat |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2008-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807149357 |
Based on events that began in Saint-Domingue on August 21, 1791, The Saint-Domingue Plantation; or, The Insurrection vividly dramatizes the genesis and outbreak of a slave revolt. When a representative of the French Assemblée nationale, Monsieur de Tendale, arrives at the Valombre family plantation to examine the condition of slaves in Saint-Domingue and to preach their liberation, he sparks a debate among the local curé and the Valombres -- Monsieur, Madame, son Léon, and daughter Célestine -- who disagree about how slaves should be treated and whether they should be freed. Meanwhile, rebellion brews on the plantation. As the slave revolt unfolds, the play's white hero, Léon, realizes the discrepancy between his liberal political and philosophical ideas and the reality of his family's economic interests. The black hero, Timur, confronts the slaves' bloodthirsty desire to kill the masters, their resistance to his leadership, and the realization that freedom places heavy demands on him and the other insurgents.Translated into English by Norman R. Shapiro for the first time since its publication in 1825, The Saint-Domingue Plantation addresses a wide range of topics that antislavery activists raised during Charles de Rémusat's time, including antitorture measures, slaves' access to the sacrament of marriage, and religious education. An informative introduction by Doris Y. Kadish places the play in its historic and literary contexts, inviting further discussion and interpretation of this important work.
Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
Title | Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Crystal Nicole Eddins |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2021-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108843727 |
A new analysis of the origins of the Haitian Revolution, revealing the consciousness, solidarity, and resistance that helped it succeed.
Theresa at San Domingo
Title | Theresa at San Domingo PDF eBook |
Author | Mme. Armand Fresneau |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1889 |
Genre | Haiti |
ISBN |
A Creole girl comes with her mother to join relatives in Saint-Domingue, witnesses the cruelties of slavery, and is caught up in the Haitian Revolution.
The Making of Haiti
Title | The Making of Haiti PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn E. Fick |
Publisher | Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780870496677 |
"The present work is an attempt to illustrate the nature and the impact of the popular mentality and popular movements on the course of revolutionary (and, in part, postrevolutionary) events in eighteenth-century Saint-Domingue." --pref.
The Plantation Machine
Title | The Plantation Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Trevor Burnard |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2016-06-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812248295 |
Jamaica and Saint-Domingue were especially brutal but conspicuously successful eighteenth-century slave societies and imperial colonies. Trevor Burnard and John Garrigus trace how the plantation machine developed between 1748 and 1788 and was perfected against a backdrop of almost constant external war and imperial competition.