Scott, Julius S.

The Common Wind : Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution. - 1st ed. - London : Verso, 2018. ©2018. - 1 online resource (175 pages)

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Cover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Map -- 1. "Pandora's Box": The Masterless Caribbean at the End of the Eighteenth Century -- 2. "Negroes in Foreign Bottoms": Sailors, Slaves, and Communication -- 3. "The Suspence Is Dangerous in a Thousand Shapes": News, Rumor, and Politics on the Eve of the Haitian Revolution -- 4. "Ideas of Liberty Have Sunk So Deep": Communication and Revolution, 1789-93 -- 5. "Know Your True Interests": Saint-Domingue and the Americas, 1793-1800 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era.

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