The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst...
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters...
In der Folge der amerikanischen und der franzosischen Revolutionen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts entstanden in Haiti die ersten modernen Verfassungstexte auf dem amerikanischen Doppelkontinent auerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten. Die nun aufgelegte Edition berucksichtigt erstmalig alle Verfassungstexte von 1790 bis und erlaubt daher einen einzigartigen Einblick in die fruhe Verfassungsgeschichte der ersten unabhangigen Nation Lateinamerikas.
In der Folge der amerikanischen und der franzosischen Revolutionen Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts entstanden in Haiti die ersten modernen Verfassungstex...
The banjo has been called by many names over its history, but they all refer to the same sound--strings humming over skin--that has eased souls and electrified crowds for centuries. The Banjo invites us to hear that sound afresh in a biography of one of America's iconic folk instruments. Attuned to a rich heritage spanning continents and cultures, Laurent Dubois traces the banjo from humble origins, revealing how it became one of the great stars of American musical life.
In the seventeenth century, enslaved people in the Caribbean and North America drew on their memories of...
The banjo has been called by many names over its history, but they all refer to the same sound--strings humming over skin--that has eased souls and...
