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Title

An historical account of the black empire of Hayti : comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state / by Marcus Rainsford, Esq. late captain Third West-India Regiment, &c. &c.

Author

Rainsford, Marcus, active 1805.

Publication

[London] : Albion Press printed: published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall, 1805.

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Additional Authors

• Chapple, Clement
• Cundee, J. (James)
• Albion Press (London, England), printer.

Description

xxiii, [1], 467, [13] p., [13] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., facsims., maps, port.; 27 cm. (4to)

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

History of St. Domingo

Subject

• Toussaint Louverture, 1743?-1803
• Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806
• Slave rebellions > Haiti
• Haiti > History > To 1791
• Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804

Genre/Form

• Publishers' advertisements – England – London – 19th century.
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• "Appendix comprising documents referred to in different parts of the work: together with auxiliary remarks", p. [365]-467, in French and English, have divisional title page.
• Facsimile of a letter in French of Toussaint Louverture is printed on 2 leaves, recto and verso, and bound to face p. 404.
• "Errata"--p. [1], 2nd count.
• Publisher's advertisements, p. [11]-[13] at end.
• Signatures: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ B-3P⁴ (3O2 verso blank)

Indexed In (note)

• Bissainthe, M. Dictionnaire de bibliographie haïtienne
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "Alexander Calvin Pearson. The gift of his uncle George G[...?] Babington Oct. 1855." ; inscribed: in ink on title page "Jos. Atkinson Aug. 1 1880." ; With the ink stamp: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. A succinct historical view of the colonies of Hispaniola and St. Domingo, from the discover of Hayti, by Columbus, to the height of their prosperty in 1789 -- ch. 2. Origin of the revolutionary spirit of this period in St. Domingo -- ch. 3. Account of the progress and accomplishment of the independence of St. Domingo -- ch. 4. State of manners on the independence of the Blacks in St. Domingo, with a memoir of the circumstances of the author's visit to the island in 1799 -- ch. 5. View of the Black army, and of the war between the French Republic and the independent Blacks of St. Domingo -- ch. 6. On the establishment of a Black empire, and the probable effects of colonial revolution -- Appendix. no. 1. Letter of the Abbé Gregoire to the citizens of colour in the French West-Indies ; no. 2. Principles of first General Assembly of St. Domingo ; no. 3. Dying testimony of Ogé against the insurgents ; no. 4. Terms of capitulation proposed by the inhabitants Grande Anse, &c. to Major-General Williamson ; no. 5. Honorable dispatch of Chevalier de Sevré to Colonel Whitlock ; no. 6. Account of M. de Charmilly ; no. 7. Documents illustrative of the character and manners of Toussaint L'Ouverture ; no. 8. Extract from the author's former work ; no. 9. First colonial regulation of the Captain-General Le Clerc ; no. 10. An account of the nature and history of the bloodhounds used in the American colonies ; no. 11. First colonial regulation issued during the government of Rochambeau ; no. 12. Documents respecting the evacuation of St. Domingo by the French army under Rochambeau ; no. 13. Declaration of Independence of the Blacks of St. Domingo ; no. 14. Proclamation for a solemn abjuration of the French nation ; no. 15. Communication of the intentions of the Black government on the appointment of a governor-general for life ; no. 16. Caution to the Spaniards ; no. 17. Programa issued on the coronation of the first emperor of Hayti ; no. 18. Statement of the Black force at the revolution ; no. 19. Additional remarks.

Call Number

Sc Rare 972.94-R (Rainsford, M. Historical account of the black empire of Hayti)

LCCN

02012395

OCLC

2514606

Author

Rainsford, Marcus, active 1805.

Title

An historical account of the black empire of Hayti : comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state / by Marcus Rainsford, Esq. late captain Third West-India Regiment, &c. &c.

Imprint

[London] : Albion Press printed: published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall, 1805.

Indexed In:

Bissainthe, M. Dictionnaire de bibliographie haïtienne, 7556

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906, 8601

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 67531

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 972.94-R (accession no. B498945) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "Alexander Calvin Pearson. The gift of his uncle George G[...?] Babington Oct. 1855." ; inscribed: in ink on title page "Jos. Atkinson Aug. 1 1880." ; With the ink stamp: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 972.94-R with several printed auction catalog entries clipped and mounted on recto of first free endleaf ; copy is imperfect: lacking part of folded map facing p. 1, folded plate meant to face p. 77, and plates meant to face p. 218, p. 232, p. 337 and p. 404. NN

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Added Author

Chapple, Clement, bookseller.

Cundee, J. (James), publisher.

Albion Press (London, England), printer.

Pearson, Alexander Calvin, former owner.

Atkinson, Joseph, active 1880, former owner, inscriber.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Running Title

History of St. Domingo

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 972.94-R (Rainsford, M. Historical account of the black empire of Hayti)

HPB+ (Rainsford, M. Historical account of the black empire of Hayti)