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Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic  fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies, which ranges historically from the 1770s to Haiti’s declaration of independent statehood in 1804.
Edited by professor of French and women’s studies Doris Y. Kadish, the book includes essays on the impact of colonial slavery on France, the United States and the French West Indies. UGA contributors include Kadish, assistant professor of history and African-American Studies Diane Batts Morrow and assistant professor of journalism Leara Rhodes. This collection focuses on the events, causes and effects of violent slave rebellions that occurred in Saint-Domingue, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
In one of the few studies to examine the Caribbean revolts and their legacy from a U.S. perspective, the contributors discuss the flight of island refugees to the southern cities of New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk and Baltimore that branded the lower United States as “the extremity of Caribbean culture.” Based on official records and public documents, historical research, literary works and personal accounts, these essays present a detailed view of the lives of those who experienced this period of rebellion and change.
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