The Arming of Slaves in the Haitian Revolution
Title | The Arming of Slaves in the Haitian Revolution |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Geggus, David |
Editor | Brown, Christopher Leslie, and Philip D. Morgan |
Corporate Authors | Gilder-Lehrman, Center for the St |
Book Title | Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age |
Pagination | 209-232 |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
City | New Haven, CT ; London |
Abstract | Saint Domingue, the site of Haitian Revolution of 1789ā1803, was one of the largest and most productive slave societies during the eighteenth century. In 1791, the French colony was a major supplier of sugar and coffee to the Atlantic market. At the time of the uprisings, it was home to about half a million slaves, 30,000 whites, and a similar number of free people of color. The slave revolt ended both slavery and French colonial rule. More than 80,000 European troops were brought to the colony, but slaves and former slaves made up a large proportion of combatants on all sides. This chapter examines the arming of slaves in the Haitian Revolution, the extent of which was without precedent in the Caribbean. It first looks at developments prior to the revolution before turning to four types of militarization involving slaves: plantation guards, irregular corps raised by colonists, alliances with insurgents, and formal corps formed by states. |
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