A Colony of Citizens: Revolution & Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804
Product DescriptionThe idea of universal rights often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, is deeply as the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution by focusing on Guadalupe, where in the 1790s, insurgents on the island fought for equality and freedom and formed
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