The common wind, Afro-American currents in the age of the Haitian Revolution, Julius S. Scott ; foreword by Marcus Rediker
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The common wind, Afro-American currents in the age of the Haitian Revolution, Julius S. Scott ; foreword by Marcus Rediker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The common wind
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1053198144
Responsibility statement
Julius S. Scott ; foreword by Marcus Rediker
Sub title
Afro-American currents in the age of the Haitian Revolution
Summary
"The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World. Having delved deep into the gray obscurity of official eighteenth-century records in Spanish, English, and French, Julius S. Scott has written a powerful 'history from below.' Scott follows the spread of 'rumors of emancipation' and the people behind them, bringing to life the protagonists in the slave revolution. By tracking the colliding worlds of buccaneers, military deserters, and maroon communards from Venezuela to Virginia, Scott records the transmission of contagious mutinies and insurrections in unparalleled detail, providing readers with an intellectual history of the enslaved."--Front flap of jacket
Table Of Contents
"Pandora's box": the masterless Caribbean at the end of the eighteenth century -- "Negroes in foreign bottoms": sailors, slaves, and communication -- "The suspence is dangerous in a thousand shapes": news, rumor, and politics on the eve of the Haitian Revolution -- "Ideas of liberty have sunk so deep": communication and revolution, 1789-93 -- "Know your true interests": Saint-Domingue and the Americas, 1793-1800
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