An historical account of the black empire of Hayti

2013·19 MB·English

by  Rainsford, Marcus, active 1805

An Historical Account
of the Black Empire of Hay ti
Edited and with an Introduction by
PAUL YOUNGQUIST AND GREGORY PIERROT
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AN
Historical Account
OF THE
BLACK EMPIRE OF HAYTI

AN
Historical Account
OF THE
BLACK EMPIRE OF HAYTI
MARCUS RAINSFORD
Edited and with an Introduction by
PAUL YOUNGQUIST AND GREGORY PIERROT
Duke University Press Durham and London 2013
This Edition, Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography
© 2013 Duke University Press
Frontispiece: Portrait of Toussaint Louverture. Collection of the
New-York Historical Society, accession number 1956.123.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805.
An historical account of the black empire of Hayti / Marcus Rainsford ;
edited and with an introduction by Paul Youngquist and Gregory Pierrot.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8223-5278-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-8223-5288-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Haiti —History—To 1791. 2. Haiti — History—Revolution, 1791-1804.
I. Youngquist, Paul. II. Pierrot, Gregory. III. Title.
F1923.R15 2013
972.94'o3 —dc23
2012044752
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Paul Youngquist is a professor of English at the University of Colorado,
Boulder. He is the author of Cyberfiction: After the Future (2010), Monstrosities:
Bodies and British Romanticism (2003), and Madness and Blake’s Myth (1989).
Gregory Pierrot is a visiting assistant professor of English at Bucknell University.
FOR CAITLIN AND CHLOE

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Chronology xi
Introduction xvii
A Note on the Text lvii
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1
Editorial Notes 277
Bibliography 321
Index 331