A turbulent time

By David Geggus, David Barry Gaspar

Subjects: Geschichte 1787-1840, Slavery, west indies, Politica e sociedade (escravidao), France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, influence, Caribbean area, history, West indies, history, Historia da america, Franse Revolutie, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Slavernij, Franzo˜sische Revolution, Slave insurrections, Slave insurrections, united states, Sklaverei, Revolution (France : 1789-1799) fast (OCoLC)fst01354514, Louisiana, history, Florida, history, to 1821, History, Influence

Description: "This volume examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutionary age on the region. Built precariously on the exploitation of slave labor, organized according to the doctrine of racial discrimination, the plantation colonies were particularly vulnerable to the message of the French Revolution, which proved all the more potent because it coincided with the emergence of the antislavery movement in the Atlantic world and interacted with local traditions of resistance among the region's slaves, free coloreds, and white colonists." - publisher