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The black Jacobins : Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo revolution / C.L.R. James ; with an introduction and notes by James Walvin.
- Title
- The black Jacobins : Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo revolution / C.L.R. James ; with an introduction and notes by James Walvin.
- Author
- James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989
- Publication
- London ; New York : Penguin, 2001.
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- Description
- xx, 363 p. : map; 20 cm.
- Summary
- This title chronicles the successful revolt when brutally treated slaves in Saint Domingo rose up in rebellion against their French masters during the French Revolution in 1791.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- This ed. originally published: London : Allison and Busby, 1980. Previous ed.: London : Secker and Warburg, 1938.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-337) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- I. The Property -- II. The Owners -- III. Parliament and Property -- IV. The San Domingo Masses Begin -- V. And the Paris Masses Complete -- VI. The Rise of Toussaint -- VII. The Mulattoes Try and Fail -- VIII. The White Slave-Owners Again -- IX. The Explusion of the British -- X. Toussaint Seizes the Power -- XI. The Black Consul -- XII. The Bourgeoisie Prepares to Restore Slavery -- XIII. The War of Independence -- App. From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Fidel Castro.
- ISBN
- 0140299815
- OCLC
- 46332394
- SCSB-10777457
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library