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" The slaves who defeated Napoleon : "
Philippe R. Girard.
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BL
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846824
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Girard, Philippe R.
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The slaves who defeated Napoleon : : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 /\ Philippe R. Girard.
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2011.
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Atlantic crossings
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1 online resource (xii, 444 pages) :: illustrations
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0817385401
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: 9780817385408
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0817317325
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9780817317324
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The Black Napoleon: Louverture and the 1801 Constitution -- The White Toussaint: Bonaparte's decision to invade Saint-Domingue -- Eve of a battle: planning the Leclerc expedition -- King of the Tropics: the Atlantic Crossing and the Moyse Uprising -- Parley: the French landing -- Supply and demand: Leclerc's diplomacy with the United States, Cuba, and Jamaica -- Ash and iron: the Spring campaign -- Lull: love, loot, labor, and Louverture's exile -- Mal de Siam: the yellow fever epidemic -- Faux Pas: the maroon uprising -- Revolt: the defection of the colonial army -- Reprieve: Rochambeau and the French counteroffensive -- Unity is strength: dessalines and the unification of the rebel army -- Echoes of Saint-Domingue: Louverture's captivity and the Louisiana Purchase -- New enemy, new partner: the British navy at war -- Sodom and Gomorrah: life in besieged French towns -- Resolution: the rebel victory -- Liberty and death: Haitian independence -- The long way home: French refugees and the Fall of Santo Domingo -- Conclusion.
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To a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people--nothing worth fighting over. Two centuries ago, however, Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was the & ldquo;Pearl of the Antilles, & rdquo; France's most valuable overseas colony, the largest exporter of tropical products in the world, and the United States' second most important trading partner after England. Haiti was also the place where in 1801-1802 Napoľon Bonaparte sent the largest colonial venture of his reign: the Leclerc expedition. His goal was to remove the famous revolution.
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Napoleon, I,1769-1821.
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Napoleon, I,1769-1821
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Toussaint Louverture,1743-1803.
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Toussaint Louverture,1743-1803
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Generals-- Haiti, Biography.
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Revolutionaries-- Haiti, Biography.
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Statesmen-- Haiti, Biography.
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Generals.
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HISTORY-- Caribbean West Indies-- General.
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Revolutionaries.
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Statesmen.
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Haiti, History, Revolution, 1791-1804, Personal narratives.
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Haiti, History, Revolution, 1791-1804, Sources.
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Haiti, History, Revolution, 1791-1804.
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Haiti.
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| Dewey Classification
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972.94/03972.94/03972.9403
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F1923.G57 2011
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