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    Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800

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    Klooster, Wim (editor)
    Oostindie, Gert (editor)
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    Abstract
    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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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38177
    Keywords
    colonial politics; opstand; revolution; slavery; revolutie; koloniale politiek; caribbean; revolts; slaven opstand; caribisch; slavernij; slave rebellion; curaçao; Caracas; Haitian Revolution; Saint-Domingue
    DOI
    10.1163/9789004253582
    ISBN
    9789004253582
    OCN
    794697890
    Publisher
    Brill
    Publisher website
    https://brill.com/
    Publication date and place
    Leiden - Boston, 2011
    Imprint
    Brill
    Series
    Caribbean Series, 30
    Classification
    Regional / International studies
    Pages
    190
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Caracas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas; Caribbean - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean; Curaçao - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao; Haitian Revolution - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution; Saint-Domingue - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Domingue; Slave rebellion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_rebellion
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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