books by John D. Garrigus

books by John D. Garrigus

books:

John D. Garrigus

Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue (The Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World)
John D. Garrigus

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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. ...

Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History ...

Laurent Dubois, John D. Garrigus

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006

Fascinating
I could not be helped but be moved by the documents in this book. The author did an incredible job of helping the reader understand the importance of San Domingue and the other French colonies by including letters, articles and transcripts. This was so important to my ...