Slave revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804 : a brief history with documents / Laurent Dubois and John D. Garrigus.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction : Revolution, emancipation, and independence -- The French Caribbean in the eighteenth century -- The Revolution begins, 1789-1791 -- From slave revolution to emancipation, 1791-1794 -- Defining emancipation, 1794-1798 -- The Haitian revolution and the United States -- War and independence -- The legacy of the Haitian revolution -- Major revolutionary figures and groups -- pt. 2. The documents -- 1. The French Caribbean in the eighteenth century -- 1. The Code Noir, 1685 -- 2. Prophesies of Slave Revolution, 1771 and 1780 -- 3. Description ... of the French Part of the Island of Saint-Domingue / M ed eric-Louis- Elie Moreau de Saint-M ery, 1797 -- 2. The revolution begins, 1789-1791 -- 4. Letters from the Salve Revolt in Martinique, August-September 1789 -- 5. Address to the National Assembly, October 22, 1789 / The Free Citizens of Color, October 22, 1789 -- 6. Decree of March 8 and Instructions of March 28, 1790 / The National Assembly -- 7. Letter to Those Who Love Mankind / Abb e Gr eoire, October 1790.

8. Letters from the Uprising of Vincent Og e, October 1790 -- 9. Observations on the Origin and Progression of the White Colonists' Prejudice against Men of Color / Julien Raimond, 1791 -- 10. The Debate of May 15, 1791 -- 11. Law on the Colonies / The National Assembly, 1791 -- 3. From slave revolution to emancipation, 1791-1794 -- 12. Voyage to the North of Haiti / H erard Dumesle, 1824 -- 13. History of the Revolution of Saint-Domingue / Antoine Dalmas, 1814 -- 14. Letter to the Marquis de Gallifet / Pierre Mossut, September 18, 1791 -- 15. Reports from the Insurrection / Philadelphia General Advertiser, October-November 1791 -- 16. Letters to the Commissioners / Jean-Fran cois and Biassou, December 1791 -- 17. In the Camps of the Insurgents / Gros, 1791 -- 18. Preface to The Slavery of the Blacks / Olympe de Gouges, 1792 -- 19. From The Friend of the People / Jean-Paul Marat, 1792 -- 20. The True State of the Case, Respecting the Insurrection at St. Domingo / Thomas Clarkson, 1792 -- 21. Law of April 4 / The National Assembly, 1792 -- 22. Account of the Slave Revolt / Journal R epublicain de la Guadeloupe, April 24, 1793 -- 23. Petition / Laurent Jolicoeur, 1793 -- 24. Decree of General LIberty / L eger F elicit e Sonthonax, August 29, 1793.

25. Insurgent Responses to Emancipation, 1793 -- 26. The Abolition of Slavery / The National Convention, February 4, 1794 -- 4. Defining emancipation, 1794-1798 -- 27. Proclamations / Victor Hugues, 1794 -- 28. Genevi eve Labothi ere Secures Her Brother's Freedom, 1796-1801 -- 29. The Plantation Policies of Etienne Polverel, 1794 -- 30. The True Colors of the Planters or the System of the Hotel Massiac, Exposed by Gouli / Jean-Baptiste Belley, 1795 -- 31. A Refutation of Some Assertions in a Speech Pronounced in the Corps L egislatif ... by Vi enot Vaublanc / Toussaint Louverture, 1797 -- 32. Law on the Colonies / The Council of the Five Hundred, 1798 -- 5. The Haitian Revolution and the United States -- 34. Letters / Thomas Jefferson, 1797-1802 -- 35. Petition / Refugees in Charleston, S.C., October 25, 1799 -- 36. St. Domingo / Charles Brockden Brown, December 1804.

6. War and independence -- 37. From Constitution of the French Colony of Saint-Dominque / Toussaint Louverture, 1801 -- 38. Proclamation / Louis Delgr es, 1802 -- 39. On the Final Stand of Delgr es / General Jean-Fran cois-Xavier de M enard, 1802 -- 40. Letters / Napol eon Bonaparte and General Charles-Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc, 1802-1803 -- 41. Secret History ; or the Horrors of St. Domingo / Mary Hassal, 1808 -- 42. Letter to the Marquis de Gallifet / Marie-Rose Masson, July 27, 1802 -- 43. Letter to Delpech/ Brigadier General Pierre Cang e, November 1802 -- 44. The Haitian Declaration of Independence, January 1, 1804 -- 45. The Haitian Constitution, 1805 -- Appendixes -- A chronology of events related to the slave revolution in the Caribbean (1635-1805) -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

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