A Turbulent Time
The French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean
Published on 22. March 1997
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-253-33247-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Stimulating, incisive, insightful, sometimes revisionist, this volume is required reading for historians of comparative colonialism in an age of revolution." -Choice
"[An] eminently original and intellectually exciting book." -William and Mary Quarterly
This volume examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutionary age on the region. Built precariously on the exploitation of slave labor, organized according to the doctrine of racial discrimination, the plantation colonies were particularly vulnerable to the message of the French Revolution, which proved all the more potent because it coincided with the emergence of the antislavery movement in the Atlantic world and interacted with local traditions of resistance among the region's slaves, free coloreds, and white colonists.
"[An] eminently original and intellectually exciting book." -William and Mary Quarterly
This volume examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutionary age on the region. Built precariously on the exploitation of slave labor, organized according to the doctrine of racial discrimination, the plantation colonies were particularly vulnerable to the message of the French Revolution, which proved all the more potent because it coincided with the emergence of the antislavery movement in the Atlantic world and interacted with local traditions of resistance among the region's slaves, free coloreds, and white colonists.
Reviews / Votes
"... excellent ... While some anthologies suffer from unevenness and lack a coherent center, A Turbulent Time is a series of nine well-written essays whose whole is the sum of its parts." The Journal of American History "Anyone who wants to thoroughly understand the period in question should own this book." Caribbean Historical & Genealogical Journal "Stimulating, incisive, insightful, sometimes revisionist, this volume is required reading for historians of comparative colonialism in an age of revolution." Choice "All of the essays are beautiflly crafted and researched and analytically rigorous. It is destined to become an instant classic, inspiring historians of slavery to even greater heights of research and analysis." H-Net ReviewsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
2 maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-33247-9 (9780253332479)
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Persons
David Barry Gaspar, Professor of History at Duke University, is the author of Bondmen and Rebels, co-editor of More Than Chattel, and author of many articles about the African diaspora.
David Patrick Geggus, Professor of History at the University of Florida, is the author of Haitian Revolutionary Studies (IU Press) and Slavery, War, and Revolution.
David Patrick Geggus, Professor of History at the University of Florida, is the author of Haitian Revolutionary Studies (IU Press) and Slavery, War, and Revolution.
Content
Introduction
1. Slavery, War, and Revolution in the Greater Caribbean 1789-1815, David P. Geggus
2. The French revolution in Saint Dominique: Triumph or Failure?, Carolyn E. Fick
3. The French Revolution and British Attitudes to the Caribbean Colonies, Michael Duffy
4. La Guerre des Bois: Revolution, War and Slavery in Saint Lucia, 1793-1838, David Barry Gaspar
5. Slave Resistance in the Spanish Caribbean in the Mid- 1790s, David P. Geggus
6. Rebellion and Royalism in Spanish Florida: The French Revolution on Spain's Northern Colonial Frontier, Jane Landers
7. Conflicting Loyalties: The French Revolution and Free People of Color in Spanish New Orleans, Kimberly S. Hanger
8. Revolutionary St. Dominique in the Making of Territorial Louisiana, Robert L. Paquette
9. The Admission of Slave Testimony at British Military Courts in the West Indies, 1800-1809, Roger N. Buckley
Contributors
Index
1. Slavery, War, and Revolution in the Greater Caribbean 1789-1815, David P. Geggus
2. The French revolution in Saint Dominique: Triumph or Failure?, Carolyn E. Fick
3. The French Revolution and British Attitudes to the Caribbean Colonies, Michael Duffy
4. La Guerre des Bois: Revolution, War and Slavery in Saint Lucia, 1793-1838, David Barry Gaspar
5. Slave Resistance in the Spanish Caribbean in the Mid- 1790s, David P. Geggus
6. Rebellion and Royalism in Spanish Florida: The French Revolution on Spain's Northern Colonial Frontier, Jane Landers
7. Conflicting Loyalties: The French Revolution and Free People of Color in Spanish New Orleans, Kimberly S. Hanger
8. Revolutionary St. Dominique in the Making of Territorial Louisiana, Robert L. Paquette
9. The Admission of Slave Testimony at British Military Courts in the West Indies, 1800-1809, Roger N. Buckley
Contributors
Index