In:
Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 58, No. 2 ( 2003-04), p. 333-356
Abstract:
This article examines the repercussions of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) in Cuba. It seeks to move beyond the generalizations about the fear and terror generated by the revolution in neighbouring slave societies, and to understand instead the multiple uses of the recurrent mentions of Haiti. In Cuba, the Haitian Revolution had potentially paradoxical effects: on the one hand, it provided a graphic sample of slave revolution, and, on the other, it helped consolidate a system based on the enslavement of Africans. Surveying responses to the Revolution among slaveholders and the Spanish colonial state, the article devotes considerable attention to an alleged slave conspiracy of 1806, in which the example of the Haitian Revolution appears to have inspired and animated a diverse group of slaves to attempt to win their freedom through rebellion.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0395-2649
,
1953-8146
DOI:
10.1017/S0395264900004261
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2003
detail.hit.zdb_id:
298-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2209294-8
SSG:
8,2
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