The slaves who defeated Napoleon [electronic resource] : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 / Philippe R. Girard.
Girard, Philippe R.
2011
F1923 .G57 2011eb
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Title The slaves who defeated Napoleon [electronic resource] : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 / Philippe R. Girard.
Author Girard, Philippe R.
ISBN 9780817385408 (electronic bk.)
9780817317324
0817317325
Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vi, 444 p.) : ill.
Call Number F1923 .G57 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.94/03
Summary To 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Atlantic crossings
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The 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.

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