Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800

From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American contintent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A maj...

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description From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American contintent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted 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 ancien 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
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-387542025-02-12T15:33:09Z Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800 Klooster, Wim Oostindie, Gert colonial politics opstand revolution slavery revolutie koloniale politiek caribbean revolts slaven opstand caribisch slavernij slave rebellion curaçao Caracas Haitian Revolution Saint-Domingue thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American contintent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted 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 ancien 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 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2011-09-07 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:20:59Z 2011 book 393490 OCN: 794697890 0921-9781;9219781 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38177 9789004253582 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38754 eng Caribbean Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/38177/1/9789004253582_webready_content_text.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/38177/1/9789004253582_webready_content_text.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/38177/1/9789004253582_webready_content_text.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/38177/1/9789004253582_webready_content_text.pdf Brill Brill 10.1163/9789004253582 10.1163/9789004253582 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004253582 Brill 190 Leiden - Boston open access
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Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title_full Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title_fullStr Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title_full_unstemmed Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title_short Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800
title_sort curacao in the age of revolutions 1795 1800
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revolution
slavery
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koloniale politiek
caribbean
revolts
slaven opstand
caribisch
slavernij
slave rebellion
curaçao
Caracas
Haitian Revolution
Saint-Domingue
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slavery
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koloniale politiek
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slave rebellion
curaçao
Caracas
Haitian Revolution
Saint-Domingue
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