Night of fire : the Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti
Ros, MartinUUUU
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Main title:
Night of fire : the Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti / by Martin Ros.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Sarpedon, 1994.
Collation:
224p.
Contents:
The largest, and only successful, slave revolt in history took place in Haiti shortly after the French Revolution. First organized by a voodoo priest, the rebellion soon came under the leadership of an educated, Catholic slave named Toussaint Louverturea man of such military and political skill that he was referred to by contemporaries as the "Black Napoleon".
ISBN:
9780962761386
Dewey class:
972.94030924972.9403
Local class:
N
Language:
English
BRN:
537221