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Description and Holding Information
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Hopkirk, Account of Insurrection in St. Domingue, 1833
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An account of the insurrection in St. Domingo, begun in August 1791, taken from authentic sources: by J.G. Hopkirk, (5)+6-59P, Edinburgh/London, William Blackwood/T. Cadell, 1833. (This little work by an English conservative presents the French loss of the colony of Saint Domingue as a cautionary tale for his compatriots, lest they be lured into a too facile acceptance of the Jacobin notion that all men are created equal. Typi-cal of his general tone is his description, p.55, of the Code Noir of Louis XIV {see Lois et constitutions des colonies François…, V.1, pp. 414-424.} as being an “edict in favour of the slaves.” His chief villians are members of the French branch of the Société des Amis des Noirs, to whom he ascribes most of the blame for the dire end to the French presence in Haiti. Pages 14-46 provide a useful English translation of the famous address to the French National Assembly, 3 Nov. 1789, of the Deputies from the General Assembly of Saint Domingue held at Cap François. The French language original of the latter is available on this site as Lettre et declaration des députés de Saint-Domingue a l’Assemblée nationale; adressée a leurs commettans)
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Title:
An account of the insurrection in St. Domingo : begun in August 1791, taken from authentic sources / by J.G. Hopkirk.
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OCLC Number:
645364300
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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