From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American Slave Revolts in the Making of the Modern World (Revised)

Genovese, Eugene D.

ISBN 10: 0807117684 / ISBN 13: 9780807117682

Edité par LSU Press, 1992

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Synopsis :

In one of his most important books, the renowned historian Eugene D. Genovese examines slave revolts in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil, placing them in the context of modern world history. By studying the conditions that favored these revolts and the history of slave guerrilla warfare throughout the Western Hemisphere, he connects the ideology of the revolts to the ideology of the great revolutionary movements of the late eighteenth century.

Genovese finds that the slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue, led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, constituted a turning point in the history of the slave revolts and, indeed, in the history of the human spirit. By claiming for his enslaved brothers and sisters the same right to human dignity that the French bourgeoisie claimed for itself during the French Revolution, Toussaint began the process by which slave uprisings changed from secessionist rebellions to revolutionary demands for liberty, equality, and justice.

À propos de l'auteur: Eugene D. Genovese was the author of Roll, Jordon, Roll, winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1975; The Political Economy of Slavery; The World the Slaveholders Made; and In Red and Black.

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Titre : From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American ...
Éditeur : LSU Press
Date d'édition : 1992
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
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