Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue

Garrigus, J.

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book details how France's most profitable plantation colony became Haiti, Latin America's first independent nation, through an uprising by slaves and the largest and wealthiest free population of people of African descent in the New World. Garrigus explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they shaped a new 'American' identity.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-03-24

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349532957

DOI: 10.1057/9781403984432

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 397.0