Seeds of Rebellion in Plantation
Fiction:
Victor Séjour's "The Mulatto"
Ed Piacentino, High Point University
Essay Sections:
Recommended Resources:
Print Materials:
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Links:
Bob Corbett. "
The
Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803: An Historical Essay in Four Parts."
Webster University
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/revolution/revolution1.htm
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A
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University of Florida Smathers Libraries
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Haitian Immigration: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
http://www.inmotionaame.org/print.cfm?migration=5&bhcp=1
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