Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800 /
Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800 /
edited by Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.
- 1 online resource (x, 180 pages)
- Caribbean series, 30 0921-9781 ; Dutch Atlantic connections .
- Caribbean Series 30. KITLV Press Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2012, ISBN: 9789004248687. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169) and index.
Preliminary Material / Slave Resistance, Colour Lines, and the Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions in Curaçao / Slave Rebellion During the Age of Revolution / The Rising Expectations of Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Greater Caribbean / Inter-Colonial Networks and Revolutionary Ferment in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Revolution and Politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / The Patriot Coup D’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Patriots, Privateers and International Politics: the Myth of the Conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Contributors / Index / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Gert Oostindie -- David Geggus -- Wim Klooster -- Linda M. Rupert -- Ramón Aizpurua -- Karwan Fatah-Black -- Han Jordaan -- Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.
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From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Curaçao an history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light. The events discussed in this book fall squarely within the Age of Revolutions, the period that began with the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, was punctuated by the demise of the ancien régime in France, saw the establishment of a black state in Haiti, and witnessed the collapse of Spanish rule in mainland America. All of these revolutions seemed to converge by the late eighteenth century in Curaçao. The seven contributions in this volume provide new insights in the nature of slave resistance in the Age of Revolutions, the remarkable flows of people and ideas in the late eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the unique local history of Curaçao. Full text (Open Access)
English.
9789004253582
10.1163/9789004253582 DOI
1700 - 1799
Slave insurrections--Curaçao--18th century.
Slave insurrections.
Curaçao--History--18th century.
Curaçao.
History.
F2049 / .C87 2011
972.986
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-169) and index.
Preliminary Material / Slave Resistance, Colour Lines, and the Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions in Curaçao / Slave Rebellion During the Age of Revolution / The Rising Expectations of Free and Enslaved Blacks in the Greater Caribbean / Inter-Colonial Networks and Revolutionary Ferment in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Revolution and Politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / The Patriot Coup D’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Patriots, Privateers and International Politics: the Myth of the Conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Contributors / Index / Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Gert Oostindie -- David Geggus -- Wim Klooster -- Linda M. Rupert -- Ramón Aizpurua -- Karwan Fatah-Black -- Han Jordaan -- Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie -- Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Curaçao an history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light. The events discussed in this book fall squarely within the Age of Revolutions, the period that began with the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, was punctuated by the demise of the ancien régime in France, saw the establishment of a black state in Haiti, and witnessed the collapse of Spanish rule in mainland America. All of these revolutions seemed to converge by the late eighteenth century in Curaçao. The seven contributions in this volume provide new insights in the nature of slave resistance in the Age of Revolutions, the remarkable flows of people and ideas in the late eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the unique local history of Curaçao. Full text (Open Access)
English.
9789004253582
10.1163/9789004253582 DOI
1700 - 1799
Slave insurrections--Curaçao--18th century.
Slave insurrections.
Curaçao--History--18th century.
Curaçao.
History.
F2049 / .C87 2011
972.986