A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 by Laurent Dubois

A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804

Laurent Dubois

472 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution...

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