- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Foreword
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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 Poet in the Midst of Insurrection: “Mon Odyssée”
A Poet in the Midst of Insurrection: “Mon Odyssée”
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- (p.59) Chapter 4 A Poet in the Midst of Insurrection: “Mon Odyssée”
- Source:
- Facing Racial Revolution
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This chapter presents an excerpt from a personal account of the Haitian revolution presented in a poetic form. This account by an unknown author describes his family's return to Haiti on the day before the outbreak of the August 1791 slave insurrection. He joined the white forces, participated in the fighting until after the burning of Cap Francais and became a refugee in the U.S. This account shows the artfulness that can be woven into first-person narration raises questions about its truthfulness and trustworthiness.
Keywords: Haitian revolution, slave insurrection, white forces, burning of Cap Francais, refugee, U.S, first-person narration
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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
