Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1 Slave resistance, colour lines, and the impact of the French and Haitian revolutions in Curaçao / Gert Oostindie......Page 12
2 Slave rebellion during the Age of Revolution / David Geggus......Page 34
3 The rising expectations of free and enslaved blacksin the Greater Caribbean / Wim Klooster......Page 68
4 Inter-colonial networks and revolutionary ferment in eighteenth-century Curaçao and Tierra Firme / Linda M. Rupert......Page 86
5 Revolution and politics in Venezuela and Curaçao, 1795-1800 / Ramón Aizpurua......Page 108
6 The Patriot coup d’état in Curaçao, 1796 / Karwan Fatah-Black......Page 134
7 Patriots, privateers and international politics: The myth of the conspiracy of Jean Baptiste Tierce Cadet / Han Jordaan......Page 152
Contributors......Page 182
Index......Page 184