000439012 000__ 03607cam\a2200505\a\4500 000439012 001__ 439012 000439012 005__ 20210513153019.0 000439012 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000439012 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000439012 008__ 120605s2011\\\\alua\\\\ob\\\\001\0deng\d 000439012 010__ $$z 2011019639 000439012 019__ $$a785776339 000439012 020__ $$a9780817385408 (electronic bk.) 000439012 020__ $$z9780817317324 000439012 020__ $$z0817317325 000439012 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn772845400 000439012 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527725 000439012 035__ $$a439012 000439012 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000439012 043__ $$anwht--- 000439012 05014 $$aF1923$$b.G57 2011eb 000439012 08204 $$a972.94/03$$223 000439012 1001_ $$aGirard, Philippe R. 000439012 24514 $$aThe slaves who defeated Napoleon$$h[electronic resource] :$$bToussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 /$$cPhilippe R. Girard. 000439012 260__ $$aTuscaloosa :$$bUniversity of Alabama Press,$$cc2011. 000439012 300__ $$a1 online resource (vi, 444 p.) :$$bill. 000439012 440_0 $$aAtlantic crossings 000439012 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000439012 5050_ $$aThe Black Napoleon: Louverture and the 1801 Constitution -- The White Toussaint: Bonaparte's decision to invade Saint-Domingue -- Eve of a battle: planning the Leclerc expedition -- King of the Tropics: the Atlantic Crossing and the Moyse Uprising -- Parley: the French landing -- Supply and demand: Leclerc's diplomacy with the United States, Cuba, and Jamaica -- Ash and iron: the Spring campaign -- Lull: love, loot, labor, and Louverture's exile -- Mal de Siam: the yellow fever epidemic -- Faux Pas: the maroon uprising -- Revolt: the defection of the colonial army -- Reprieve: Rochambeau and the French counteroffensive -- Unity is strength: dessalines and the unification of the rebel army -- Echoes of Saint-Domingue: Louverture's captivity and the Louisiana Purchase -- New enemy, new partner: the British navy at war -- Sodom and Gomorrah: life in besieged French towns -- Resolution: the rebel victory -- Liberty and death: Haitian independence -- The long way home: French refugees and the Fall of Santo Domingo -- Conclusion. 000439012 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000439012 520__ $$aTo a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people--nothing worth fighting over. Two centuries ago, however, Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was the & ldquo;Pearl of the Antilles, & rdquo; France's most valuable overseas colony, the largest exporter of tropical products in the world, and the United States' second most important trading partner after England. Haiti was also the place where in 1801-1802 Napoľon Bonaparte sent the largest colonial venture of his reign: the Leclerc expedition. 000439012 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000439012 60010 $$aToussaint Louverture,$$d1743-1803. 000439012 60000 $$aNapoleon$$bI,$$cEmperor of the French,$$d1769-1821. 000439012 650_0 $$aGenerals$$zHaiti$$vBiography. 000439012 650_0 $$aRevolutionaries$$zHaiti$$vBiography. 000439012 650_0 $$aStatesmen$$zHaiti$$vBiography. 000439012 651_0 $$aHaiti$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1791-1804. 000439012 651_0 $$aHaiti$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1791-1804$$vSources. 000439012 651_0 $$aHaiti$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1791-1804$$vPersonal narratives. 000439012 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000439012 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aGirard, Philippe R.$$tSlaves who defeated Napoleon.$$dTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011$$z9780817317324$$w(DLC) 2011019639$$w(OCoLC)728656694 000439012 8520_ $$bacq 000439012 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000439012 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=835679$$zOnline Access 000439012 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:439012$$pGLOBAL_SET 000439012 980__ $$aEBOOK 000439012 980__ $$aBIB 000439012 982__ $$aEbook 000439012 983__ $$aOnline