The Present State of Haiti (Saint Domingo), 1828: With Remarks on its Agriculture, Commerce, Laws Religion etc.First published in 1972. This is Volume four of a collection of ten source books on Haiti and looks at the present state of its agriculture, economics, laws, religion and details of its inhabitants as in 1842. Franklin was a frequent visitor to the West Indies and sook to understand the Haitian experience of independence in order to assess the probable impact of emancipation in the Anglophone Caribbean. |
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CHAPTER II Cause of the revolution in the colonyPeople of colour in FranceTheir proceedingsLeague with the society of Amis des NoirsOgés rebell... | 39 |
CHAPTER Ill First revolt of the slaves in 1791Their ravagesDecree of the national assembly 4th of April 1792Santhonax and PolverelTheir secret ag... | 64 |
CHAPTER IV Effects of emancipating the slavesArrival of the British forcesTheir subsequent operationsEvacuation by General MaitlandM Charmilly... | 97 |
CHAPTER V The period between the evacuation by the British forces and the arrival of the French army under Le ClercCultivationLaw to enforce it... | 117 |
CHAPTER VI The period from the seizure of Toussaint to the final expulsion of the French by Dessalines in 1803State of cultivationCommerce decli... | 161 |
CHAPTER VII Independence declaredDessalines attempts to take the city of Santo DomingoRaised to the imperial dignity New constitutionHis atroci... | 175 |
CHAPTER IX Boyer elected presidentHis characterRevolution in the northannexed to the southRevolution in Spanish partUnion of the wholeMeasur... | 232 |
CHAPTER X Topographical sketchState of the roadsMode of repair by criminalsHow criminals are treatedDescription of innsAccommodations at the... | 271 |
CHAPTER XI AgricultureCrops in Toussaints and Dessalines timeSystem of Christophe and PetionDecline under BoyerCrops in his timeAttempts to r... | 317 |
CHAPTER XII CommerceState of exports and importsExactions at the customsdepredations and impositionsForeign merchantsdisabilities they labour... | 368 |
CHAPTER XIV PopulationCensus 1824 opinion on itFurther statementManner of taking the censusChecks to increaseDecrease is evidentNature of th... | 402 |
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