Jeremy D. Popkin is T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, and is the author of You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery (2010) and Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Uprising (2008).

List of Illustrations vi

Series Editor's Preface vii

Introduction 1

1 A Colonial Society in a Revolutionary Era 10

2 The Uprisings, 1791-1793 35

3 Republican Emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793-1798 62

4 Toussaint Louverture in Power, 1798-1801 90

5 The Struggle for Independence, 1802-1806 114

6 Consolidating Independence in a Hostile World 141

Afterword: The Earthquake Crisis of 2010 and the Haitian Revolution 167

Recent Scholarship on the Haitian Revolution 171

Notes 178

Index 191

"A beautifully executed account of one of the most
fascinating events in modern history. Popkin synthesizes Haitian,
North American, and French scholarship to provide an expert
analysis of the social and political transformations of the
period."

Laurent Dubois, Duke University

"An excellent introduction to the origins, development and
aftermath of the Haitian Revolution. Popkin's
meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book will help
students understand the significance of the Revolution in world
history."

Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, California State University - San
Marcos