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From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American Slave Revolts in the Making of the New World
From Rebellion to Revolution AfroAmerican Slave Revolts in the Making of the New World Author:Eugene D. Genovese This book analyzes slave revolts in the United State, the Caribbean and Brazil, and places them in the context of modern world history. — Genovese argues that, before the French Revolution, rebellious slaves had as their goal only local autonomy and were content merely to recreate African village life in the New World. Subsequently, slave r... more »ebellions became true revolutionary assaults on the system of slavery only after Toussaint L'Ouverture claimed for his enslaved brothers and sisters in Saint-Dominque the same rights of liberty and equality that the French bourgeoisie had claimed for itself.« less