- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Foreword
-
Introduction From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: Eyewitness Narratives of the Haitian Revolution -
Chapter 1 Becoming a Slavemaster -
Chapter 2 The Ogé Insurrection -
Chapter 3 The First Days of the Slave Insurrection -
Chapter 4 A Poet in the Midst of Insurrection: “Mon Odyssée” -
Chapter 5 An Expedition against the Insurgents in November 1791 -
Chapter 6 Inside the Insurgency: Gros's Historick Recital -
Chapter 7 Prisoners of the Insurgents in 1792 -
Chapter 8 Fighting and Atrocities in the South Province in 1792–1793 -
Chapter 9 Masters and Their Slaves during the Insurrection -
Chapter 10 The Destruction of Cap Français in June 1793 -
Chapter 11 A Colonist at Sea, 1793 -
Chapter 12 Imagining the Motives behind the Insurrection -
Chapter 13 A Colonist Among the Spanish and the British -
Chapter 14 A White Captive in the Struggle against the Leclerc Expedition -
Chapter 15 A Family Reunion and a Religious Conversion -
Chapter 16 A Woman's View of the Last Days of Cap Français -
Chapter 17 A Child's Memories of the Last Days of Saint-Domingue -
Chapter 18 A Survivor of Dessalines's Massacres in 1804 -
Chapter 19 The Story of the Last French Survivors in Saint-Domingue - Bibliography of Text Sources
- Index
A White Captive in the Struggle against the Leclerc Expedition
A White Captive in the Struggle against the Leclerc Expedition
- Chapter:
- (p.270) Chapter 14 A White Captive in the Struggle against the Leclerc Expedition
- Source:
- Facing Racial Revolution
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This chapter presents an excerpt from Michel-Etienne Descourtilz's account of the Haitian revolution focusing on the condition of white captives and the arrival of Charles Leclerc sent to reinstate slavery in Saint-Domingue. This narrative is the first extended published account of the white confrontation with the Haitian insurrection after the withdrawal of French troops from the island. This chapter suggests that Descourtilz's descriptions of the blacks contrast strangely with a captivity narrative that demonstrates how the whites in Saint-Domingue were being violently subjected to black authority.
Keywords: Haitian revolution, Michel-Etienne Descourtilz, white captives, Charles Leclerc, Saint-Domingue, French troops, black authority
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Foreword
-
Introduction From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: Eyewitness Narratives of the Haitian Revolution -
Chapter 1 Becoming a Slavemaster -
Chapter 2 The Ogé Insurrection -
Chapter 3 The First Days of the Slave Insurrection -
Chapter 4 A Poet in the Midst of Insurrection: “Mon Odyssée” -
Chapter 5 An Expedition against the Insurgents in November 1791 -
Chapter 6 Inside the Insurgency: Gros's Historick Recital -
Chapter 7 Prisoners of the Insurgents in 1792 -
Chapter 8 Fighting and Atrocities in the South Province in 1792–1793 -
Chapter 9 Masters and Their Slaves during the Insurrection -
Chapter 10 The Destruction of Cap Français in June 1793 -
Chapter 11 A Colonist at Sea, 1793 -
Chapter 12 Imagining the Motives behind the Insurrection -
Chapter 13 A Colonist Among the Spanish and the British -
Chapter 14 A White Captive in the Struggle against the Leclerc Expedition -
Chapter 15 A Family Reunion and a Religious Conversion -
Chapter 16 A Woman's View of the Last Days of Cap Français -
Chapter 17 A Child's Memories of the Last Days of Saint-Domingue -
Chapter 18 A Survivor of Dessalines's Massacres in 1804 -
Chapter 19 The Story of the Last French Survivors in Saint-Domingue - Bibliography of Text Sources
- Index
