The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (366 pages)Content type:- text
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- France. Code noir
- Code noir (France)
- Law -- Haiti -- History
- Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1791-1804
- Droit -- Haïti -- Histoire
- Haïti -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1791-1804
- HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General
- Law
- Politics and government
- Haiti
- Bürgerrecht
- Haitianische Revolution
- Sklaverei
- 1791-1804
- 349.7294
- KGS294 .G48 2012
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Cover; The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Domestic Enemies; THE WORLD OF THE CODE NOIR; BODIN'S VISION; BALANCING "CRIME" AND PUNISHMENT; THE "PREDICAMENT" OF MANUMISSION; 2: Manumission was the Means; THE MOVE TO REGULATION; THE "FREEDOM TAX"; REENSLAVEMENT, RACE, AND REFORM; THE CASE OF MARIE-VICTOIRE; THE MILITARIZATION OF MANUMISSION; THE END(S) OF MANUMISSION; 3: Reconciling Humanity and Public Policy; "THE TRUE INTEREST OF THE MASTERS"; "PRUDENT GOVERNMENT"; "ORDER" AND "HUMANITY."
THE LATE COLONIAL DEBATE OVER PLANTER BRUTALITYTHE PROSPECT OF REVOLT; "THE KING WISHES TO BE OBEYED"; "THE OVERTHROW OF THE COLONY"; 4: Stop the Course of these Cruelties; THE COLONIAL PROHIBITION OF TORTURE; THE DEPOSITION OF THE SLAVES; "THE FEELING OF ABSOLUTE POWER"; A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE; PATERNAL INTERVENTION; APPELLATE INTRIGUE; DEATH AND SURVIVAL; 5: Less Just than a Despot?; THE CODE NOIR AS BRIDGE; RACIAL EQUALITY AND THE AUTHORITY OF HISTORY; 6: To Restore Order and Tranquility; THE CODE NOIR OF THE SLAVES; LAW IN THE CAMPS OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS AND BIASSOU, 1791-1792.
THE CODE OF SONTHONAX AND POLVERELTHE CONDITIONS OF LIBERTY; Conclusion; Bibliography; Archival and Manuscript Sources; Printed Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index.
A provocative history of Haiti up to 1804, when Haitians became the first formerly enslaved people to overthrow a colonial slaveholding power.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-335) and index.
English.
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