A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois...
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A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 by DuBois, Laurent

A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

€101,13

A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

€101,13
Author: Laurent DuBois
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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 transformed through this transcultural and transatlantic struggle for liberty and citizenship. 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.



Author: Laurent DuBois
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Published: 03/15/2004
Pages: 472
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.30w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9780807855362


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 543

About the Author
Laurent Dubois is professor of history and Romance studies at Duke University. He is author of "Les esclaves de la Republique: l'histoire oubliee de la premiere emancipation, 1789-1794."

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