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050	0	0	_aF1923 _b.D83 2004
082	0	0	_a972.9 DUB
100	1		_aDubois, Laurent _d, 1971-
245	1	0	_aAvengers of the New World _b: the story of the Haitian Revolution _c/ Laurent Dubois
260			_aCambridge, MA _b: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press _c, 2004
300			_a357 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aThe first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst fears of masters. But, peace eluded Saint-Domingue as British and Spanish forces attacked the colony. A charismatic ex-slave named Toussaint Louverture came to France's aid, raising armies of others like himself and defeating the invaders. Ultimately Napoleon, fearing the enormous political power of Toussaint, sent a massive mission to crush him and subjugate the ex-slaves. After many battles, a decisive victory over the French secured the birth of Haiti and the permanent abolition of slavery from the land. The independence of Haiti reshaped the Atlantic world by leading to the French sale of Louisiana.
651		0	_aHaiti _x--History _y--Revolution, 1791 - 1804
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