Preface -- Part One: Before the storm. The French Atlantic world ; The port cities of the French Atlantic ; The years of economic prosperity ; France and the slave trade ; Populating the French Atlantic -- Part Two: War and Revolution. Debating slavery ; The French Revolution in the Atlantic ports ; Merchants, planters, and revolutionary politics ; War and revolution in the Caribbean ; The Saint-Domingue diaspora ; Economic stagnation and decay -- Part Three: Emerging from crisis. The Congress of Vienna and the politics of slavery ; The illegal slave trade ; The slave trade in collective memory -- Conclusion
Summary
War, revolution, and anti-slavery were the three major forces which led to the dramatic decline of France's Atlantic empire with the loss of her richest Caribbean colony, Saint-Domingue. Alan Forrest draws a rich portrait of France's Atlantic communities in this tumultuous period, and the uneasy legacy of the French slave trade
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2020)
