The revolutionary makeover of the imaginary emancipation decree

Authors

Wim Klooster, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In the colonial Americas and especially in the Caribbean, black slaves were often influenced by the rumor that a king had decreed their emancipation. The refusal of slave-owners and colonial authorities to honor this imaginary decree set off revolts from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, their number peaking after the outbreak of the French Revolution.

This article is in French.

Publication Title

Annales Historiques de la Revolution Francaise

Publication Date

2011

Issue

363

First Page

109

Last Page

129

ISSN

0003-4436

DOI

10.4000/ahrf.11944

Keywords

slavery, Caribbean, uprisings, New World, colonialism

Repository Citation

Klooster, Wim, "The revolutionary makeover of the imaginary emancipation decree" (2011). History. 55.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/55