A Colony of Citizens: Revolution & Slave Emancipation in the

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A Colony of Citizens: Revolution & 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 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.

Country	USA
Author	Laurent Dubois
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780807855362
Edition	1st New edition
ISBN	0807855367
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	24 illustrations, 4 maps, chronology, gl
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	472
PartNumber	24 illustrations, 4 maps, chronology, gl
PublicationDate	2004-03-15
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	2004-03-15
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press

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

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