Confronting Black Jacobins : the United States, the Haitian Revolution, and the origins of the Dominican Republic /

The Haitian Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence in 1804, the leading powers, France, Great Britain and Spain, suffered an ignominious defeat and the New World was remade. The island revolution also had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Horne, Gerald (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Monthly Review Press, [2015]
Subjects:	United States > Relations > Haiti. Haiti > Relations > United States. Blacks > Haiti > Politics and government. Jacobins > Haiti > History. Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804 > Influence. Dominican Republic > History > 19th century. Hispaniola > History > 19th century. African Americans > Relations with Haitians > History > 19th century. Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century. United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Confronting the rise of Black Jacobins, 1791-1793
Confronting Black Jacobins on the march, 1793-1797
Confronting the surge of Black Jacobins, 1797-1803
Confronting the triumph of Black Jacobins, 1804-1819
Hemispheric Africans and Black Jacobins, 1820-1829
U.S. Negroes and Black Jacobins, 1830-1839
Black Jacobins weakened, 1840-1849
Black Jacobins under siege, 1850-1859
The U.S. Civil War, the Spanish takeover of the Dominican Republic, and U.S. Negro emigrants in Haiti, 1860-1863
Haiti to be annexed reenslaved? 1863-1870
Annex Hispaniola and deport U.S. Negroes there? 1870-1871.