“The Shame of the Nation”: The Force of Re-Enslavement and the Law of “Slavery” under the Regime of Jean-Louis Ferrand in Santo Domingo, 1804-1809

From 1804 to 1809, the slaveholding Napoleonic regime of General Jean-Louis Ferrand attempted to erase the gains of the era of French Republican emancipation (1793-1802) by re-enslaving thousands of individuals in Santo Domingo (modern Dominican Republic). This article examines the aims and methods...

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Main Author: Graham Nessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 2012-06-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/8519