Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies: The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802

William Cormack

Published by University of Toronto Press 2019

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies

The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802

William Cormack

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487519148

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This book provides a history of the French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. Examining political conflict between white factions, as well as economic, social, and racial tensions, it argues that metropolitan news, ideas, language, and political culture played a key role in shaping the colonial revolution.

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Cormack William :

William S. Cormack is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.

Reviews

Deirdre T. Lyons, University of Chicago:

"Among the many strengths of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies is Cormack’s detailed account of how the revolutionary script from France was reinterpreted by various factions in the Windward Islands as they claimed national legitimacy and struggled for political power. This approach brings into focus the myriad and often contradicting ways in which Martinique and Guadeloupe absorbed and remade revolutionary political culture."

Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss:
"Cormack’s book sheds important light on the revolutionary era in the Windward Islands and serves as a foundation for future studies examining the complicated, shifting alliances that transcended race, class, and even legal status during this tumultuous period."

Rafe Blaufarb, Professor of History, Florida State University:

"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies sheds badly needed light on the destabilizing political struggles between different white factions. The story of these fratricidal factional struggles which shattered the colonial status quo and created the opening for free people of color and then slaves to claim their rights, is essential, needed badly to be told, and is now laid out cogently and convincingly in this work."

William Doyle, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Bristol, author of The Oxford History of the French Revolution:

"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies is an impressive survey based on years of work in a wide range of archives. Events in the Caribbean have assumed increasing importance in the study of the French Revolution over the last generation, but most attention has always been given to Saint-Domingue and the origins of Haiti. This book will bring readers an important account of relatively neglected episodes on the history of the Revolution, of French colonialism, and the wider area of slavery."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations and Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Windward Islands on the Eve of Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. Rumours of Revolution: The Impact of 1789 in Martinique and Guadeloupe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. Patriots versus Aristocrats: The Coming of Civil War, 1789–1790 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4. “The Nation, the Law, the King”: The Liberal Revolution’s Failure in the Windward Islands, 1791 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5. Counter-Revolution: The Revolt of Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1792–1793 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6. The Slave-Holding Republic in the Windward Islands, 1793–1794 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
7. Reign of Terror: Victor Hugues’s Regime in Guadeloupe, 1794–1798 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
8. Return of the Old Regime: Martinique under British Occupation, 1794–1802 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Keywords: French Revolution; revolution in the French Caribbean; metropolitan influences on colonial revolution; slavery and abolition; political culture and revolutionary conflict

eBook

Published: January 17, 2019
ISBN: 9781487519148