Title Curaçao in the age of revolutions, 1795-1800 / edited by Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie

Published Leiden : KITLV Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 180 pages) Series Caribbean series, 0921-9781 ; 30 Dutch Atlantic connections Dutch Atlantic connections. Caribbean series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; 30. Contents Slave resistance, colour lines, and the impact of the French and Haitian revolutions in Curaçao / Gert Oostindie -- Slave rebellion during the Age of Revolution / David Geggus -- The rising expectations of free and enslaved blacks in the greater Caribbean / Wim Klooster -- Inter-colonial networks and revolutionary ferment in eighteenth-century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Linda M. Rupert -- Revolution and politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / Ramón Aizpurua -- The patriot coup d'état in Curaçao, 1796 / Karwan Fatah-Black -- Patriots, privateers and international politics: the myth of the conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce C / adet / Han Jordaan Summary "From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders participated with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Curaçaoan history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light. The events discussed in this book fall squarely within the Age of Revolutions, the period that began with the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, was punctuated by the demise of the ancient régime in France, saw the establishment of a black state in Haiti, and witnessed the collapse of Spanish rule in mainland America. All of these revolutions seemed to converge by the late eighteenth century in Curaçao. The seven contributions in this volume provide new insights in the nature of slave resistance in the Age of Revolutions, the remarkable flows of people and ideas in the late eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the unique local history of Curaçao. Wim Klooster is Associate Professor at Clark University in Worcester (MA), USA. His most recent book is Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History (2009). Gert Oostindie is Director of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies and Professor of History at Leiden University"--Publisher's description Analysis Caribbean Curaçao Slavery Revolts Colonial politics Revolution Slave rebellion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Slave rebellions -- Curaçao -- 18th century Humanities. HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. Slave rebellions SUBJECT Curaçao -- History -- 18th century Subject Curaçao Curaçao. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Klooster, Wim Oostindie, Gert ISBN 1299783996 9781299783997 9789004253582 9004253580

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