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The cry of Vertières : liberation, memory, and the beginning of Haiti /

This book tells the story of the Battle of Vertières, fought in 1803 between indigenous Haitian forces under the leadership of Jean-Jacques Dessalines and a French expeditionary army commanded by Napoleon. The battle marked the culmination of a thirteen-year revolutionary struggle to end slavery and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Le Glaunec, Jean-Pierre (Author)
Other Authors:	Kaplansky, Jonathan, 1960- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Series:	McGill-Queen's French Atlantic worlds series ; 5.
Subjects:	Vertières, Battle of, Haiti, 1803. Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804.

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