A Colony of Citizens . Revolution & Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean 1787 -1804 by Dubois, Laurent - 2004

Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, March 2004. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina. Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0807855367 . "The slaves-turned-citizens of the French Caribbean expanded the political possibilities of the Enlightenment by giving new and radical content to the idea of universal rights." Slight slant to spine. Normal edge wear. Creases on corners. Small bumps on spine ends. Front cover slightly turns up at fore-edge. Notes in red pen, blue pen, and pencil throughout. Barcode labels on back cover. Light foxing and soiling to edges of pages. Ships same or next business day. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 452 pages .

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Univ of North Carolina Pr, USA, 2004. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Text appears to have multiple markings such as highlighting, underlining & writing. Cover has wear and corner bumps. The spine is in good condition with some wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 0807855367. ISBN/EAN: 9780807855362. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561034012. . 9780807855362

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New. The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution by focusing on Guadeloupe, where, in the early 1790s, insurgents on the island fought for equality and freedom and formed alliances with besieged Republicans. In 1794, slavery was abolished throughout the French Empire, ushering in a new colonial order in which all people, regardless of race, were entitled to the same rights. But French administrators on the island combined emancipation with new forms of coercion and racial exclusion, even as newly freed slaves struggled for a fuller freedom. In 1802, the experiment in emancipation was reversed and slavery was brutally reestablished, though rebels in Saint-Domingue avoided the same fate by defeating the French and creating an independent Haiti. The political culture of republicanism, Dubois argues, was… Read More