A turbulent time : the French Revolution and the greater Caribbean
Examines developments within several societies in the Greater Caribbean during the revolutionary period to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutions on the region.
Print Book, English, cop. 1997
Indiana University, Bloomington, cop. 1997
XIII, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
9780253332479, 0253332478
912778936
Introduction1. Slavery, War, and Revolution in the Greater Caribbean 1789–1815, David P. Geggus2. The French revolution in Saint Dominique: Triumph or Failure?, Carolyn E. Fick3. The French Revolution and British Attitudes to the Caribbean Colonies, Michael Duffy4. La Guerre des Bois: Revolution, War and Slavery in Saint Lucia, 1793–1838, David Barry Gaspar5. Slave Resistance in the Spanish Caribbean in the Mid- 1790s, David P. Geggus6. Rebellion and Royalism in Spanish Florida: The French Revolution on Spain's Northern Colonial Frontier, Jane Landers7. Conflicting Loyalties: The French Revolution and Free People of Color in Spanish New Orleans, Kimberly S. Hanger8. Revolutionary St. Dominique in the Making of Territorial Louisiana, Robert L. Paquette9. The Admission of Slave Testimony at British Military Courts in the West Indies, 1800–1809, Roger N. BuckleyContributorsIndex