Curaçao in the age of revolutions, 1795-1800

From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A majo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Klooster, Wim (Editor), Oostindie, Gert (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden - Boston Brill 2011
Leiden : 2011.
Colección:Caribbean series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; 30.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419962306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie
  • Slave Resistance, Colour Lines, and the Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions in Curaçao / Gert Oostindie
  • Slave Rebellion During the Age of Revolution / David Geggus
  • The Rising Expectations of Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Greater Caribbean / Wim Klooster
  • Inter-Colonial Networks and Revolutionary Ferment in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Linda M. Rupert
  • Revolution and Politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / Ramón Aizpurua
  • The Patriot Coup D’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Karwan Fatah-Black
  • Patriots, Privateers and International Politics: the Myth of the Conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Han Jordaan
  • Contributors / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie
  • Index / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.