Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue

Winner of the Society for French Historical Studies 2007 Gilbert Chinard Prize! In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. When the Haitian Revolution broke out, the colony was home to the largest and wealthiest free population of African descent in the New World. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity in the years from 1760 to 1804.

Author: J. Garrigus
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/18/2011
Pages: 397
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780230108370
ISBN10: 0230108377
BISAC Categories:
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | General
- History | Latin America | General
- History | United States | General

About the Author
JOHN GARRIGUS is Professor of History, Jacksonville University, USA.

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