An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti
As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original...
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Durham, NC
Duke University Press
2013
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