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Aspirations and Actions of Free People of Color across the Caribbean

Jessica Pierre-Louis

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Free people of color were major and perhaps inevitable actors during the age of the Atlantic revolutions. Based particularly on the French experience, this chapter seeks to illustrate, in all its varieties, the evolution of the aspirations (equality, civil rights, and suppression of color prejudice) and actions (conspiracies, revolts, and petitions) of free people of color of the Caribbean islands and the consequences for colonial institutions. It also attempts to show the links and the spread of these aspirations and actions between territories. It focuses in particular on the use of free people of color in the military sphere and its impact, the political role of the métissés elites of Saint-Domingue, the effects of the French Revolution and the policies of Victor Hugues in the Caribbean on the aspirations and actions of free people of color in the French, Spanish and English colonies, and the struggles for civic equality and abolition in the 19th century.

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hal-04342114 , version 1 (13-12-2023)

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Jessica Pierre-Louis. Aspirations and Actions of Free People of Color across the Caribbean. Wim Klooster. The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, 2, Cambridge University Press, pp.689 - 714, 2023, 9781108599405. ⟨10.1017/9781108599405.032⟩. ⟨hal-04342114⟩
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