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Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life /Philippe Girard. "In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard reveals the dramatic story of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. In 1791, the unassuming Louverture masterminded the only successful slave revolt in history. By 1801, he was general and governor of Saint-Domingue, and an international statesman who forged treaties with Britain, France, Spain, and the United States-empires that feared the effect his example would have on their slave regimes. Louveture's ascendency was short-lived, however. In 1802, he was exiled to France, dying soon after as one of the most famous men in the world, variously feared and celebrated as the "Black Napoleon." As Girard shows, in life Louverture was not an idealist, but an ambitious pragmatist. He strove not only for abolition and independence, but to build Saint-Domingue's economic might and elevate his own social standing. He helped free Saint-Domingue's slaves yet immediately restricted their rights in the interests of protecting the island's sugar production. He warded off French invasions but embraced the cultural model of the French gentility. In death, Louverture quickly passed into legend, his memory inspiring abolitionist, black nationalist, and anti-colonialist movements well into the 20th century. Deeply researched and bracingly original, Toussaint Louverture is the definitive biography of one of the most influential people of his era, or any other."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92LOUVERTURE

of discovery to the north Pacific Ocean and round the world, which was performed in the years 1790, 1791 Vancouver, George 1798 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1785/1788"

Slavery, war, and revolution : the British occupation of Saint Domingue 1793-1798 Geggus, David Patrick 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.94.03

The province of Quebec and the early American revolution : a study in English-American colonial history Coffin, Victor 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3(42:71)

Black Spartacus : the epic life of Toussaint Louverture /Sudhir Hazareesingh. "The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life he confronted some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France. Black Spartacus draws on a wealth of archival material, much of it overlooked by previous biographers, to follow every step of Louverture's singular journey, from his triumphs against French, Spanish and British troops to his skilful regional diplomacy, his Machiavellian dealings with successive French colonial administrators and his bold promulgation of an autonomous Constitution. Sudhir Hazareesingh shows that Louverture developed his unique vision and leadership not solely in response to imported Enlightenment ideals and revolutionary events in Europe and the Americas, but through a hybrid heritage of fraternal slave organisations, Caribbean mysticism and African political traditions. Above all, Hazareesingh retrieves Louverture's rousing voice and force of personality, making this the most engaging, as well as the most complete, biography to date." --Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 970.980

An elementary treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus : Translated from the French [Pt. 1, by C. Babbage; Pt. 2, by G. Peacock and J.F.W. Herschel. With an appendix [by Herschel] and notes [by Peacock and Herschel] /by S. F. Lacroix Lacroix, S. F.-(Silvestre Franðcois), 1816. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 517.3:094

Voyage autour du monde, pendant les annees 1790, 1791 et 1792 par Etienne Marchand, precede d'une introduction Claret de Fleurieu, Charles Pierre 1798-1800 • RARE-BOOK • 5 copies available. 92Marchand

A secret among the blacks : slave resistance before the Haitian Revolution /John D. Garrigus. "Unearthing the progenitors of the Haitian Revolution has been a historical project of two hundred years. In A Secret among the Blacks, John D. Garrigus introduces two dozen Black men and women and their communities whose decades of resistance to deadly environmental and political threats preceded and shaped the 1791 revolt. In the twenty-five miles surrounding the revolt?s first fires, enslaved people of diverse origins lived in a crucible of forces that arose from the French colonial project. When a combination of drought, trade blockade, and deadly anthrax bacteria caused waves of death among the enslaved in the 1750s, poison investigations spiraled across plantations. Planters accused, tortured, and killed enslaved healers, survivors, and community leaders for deaths the French regime had caused. Facing inquisition, exploitation, starvation, and disease, enslaved people devised resistance strategies that they practiced for decades. Enslaved men and women organized labor stoppages and allied with free Blacks to force the French into negotiations. They sought enforcement of freedom promises and legal protection from abuse. Some killed their abusers. Through remarkable archival discoveries and creative interpretations of the worlds endured by the enslaved, A Secret among the Blacks reveals the range of complex, long-term political visions pursued by enslaved people who organized across plantations located in the seedbed of the Haitian Revolution. When the call to rebellion came, these men and women were prepared to answer."-- 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.94/03

An historical report on Ramsgate harbour : written by order of, and addressed to the trustees Smeaton, John 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:627.2(422.3)

Certificates and circumstances relative to the going of Mr Arnold's chronometers / [John Arnold]. Arnold, John,-chronometer maker ca.1791] (London : printed by J. Ramshaw). • • 1 copy available. 681.113.92:094

Americae tertia pars memorabilem provinciae Brasiliae historiam continens, ... a Ioanne Stadio ... Addita est Narratio profectionis Ioannis Lerii in eamdem provinciam ... Hic accessit Descriptio morum et ferocitatis incolarum illius regionis ... Bry, Theodor de 1592 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:910.4"14/16"

Rules and orders of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture (London) 1791 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 629.12:094:061.231

Black crown : Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's forgotten kingdom /Paul Clammer. "How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon's invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the forgotten, remarkable story of Henry Christophe. Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before serving in the Haitian Revolution as one of Toussaint Louverture's top generals. Following Haitian independence, Christophe crowned himself King Henry I. His attempts to build a modern black state won the support of leading British abolitionists - but his ambition helped to plunge his country into civil war. Christophe saw himself as an Enlightenment ruler, and his kingdom produced great literary works, epic fortresses and opulent palaces. He was a proud anti-imperialist and fought off French plots against him. Yet the Haitian people chafed under his authoritarian rule. Today, all that remains is Christophe's mountaintop Citadelle, Haiti's sole World Heritage site - a monument to a revolutionary black monarchy, in a world of empire and slavery."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.94/04092

Essai physique sur l'heure des marâees dans la mer rouge : comparâee avec l'heure du passage des hâebreux. /Râeimprimâe avec des remarques de Mr. Michaelis, Professeur en philosophie, & membre de la societe Royale des Sciences de Gottingue Michaelis, Johann David, 1758. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.466(267)

Cul de Sac : patrimony, capitalism, and slavery in French Saint-Domingue /Paul Cheney. "In the eighteenth century, the Cul de Sac plain in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, was a vast open-air workhouse of sugar plantations. This microhistory of one plantation owned by the Ferron de la Ferronnayses, a family of Breton nobles, draws on remarkable archival finds to show that despite the wealth such plantations produced, they operated in a context of social, political, and environmental fragility that left them weak and crisis prone. Focusing on correspondence between the Ferronnayses and their plantation managers, 'Cul de Sac' proposes that the Caribbean plantation system, with its reliance on factory-like production processes and highly integrated markets, was a particularly modern expression of eighteenth-century capitalism. But it rested on a foundation of economic and political traditionalism that stymied growth and adaptation. The result was a system heading toward collapse as planters, facing a series of larger crises in the French empire, vainly attempted to rein in the inherent violence and instability of the slave society they had built. In recovering the lost world of the French Antillean plantation, 'Cul de Sac' ultimately reveals how the capitalism of the plantation complex persisted not as a dynamic source of progress, but from the inertia of a degenerate system headed down an economic and ideological dead end."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:664.1

Uber den cometen von Pons / von J. F. Encke Encke, Johann Franz, 1844-1860 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 523.64:094

An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean : with an original grammar and vocabulary of their language compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr William Mariner, several years resident in those islands by John Martin, M.D. /edited by Nigel Statham and Ian C. Campbell. "John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject, William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years (1806-1810) in Tonga, in the South Pacific, one of the earliest European residents at a time before European influence disturbed or modified that society. Mariner, an extraordinarily mature and perceptive youth, became thoroughly imbued with Tongan language and culture as the adopted son of the most powerful chief in Tonga. Martin's intelligent engagement with Mariner resulted in a compelling narrative and a comprehensive account of Tongan society which became a classic. Often celebrated as an extraordinary real-life adventure story, it is a pioneering work of anthropology, and for 200 years it has been a primary and authoritative source for research into Tongan history and culture"--Provided by publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.899/482

Captain Vancouver : north-west navigator A biography of George Vancouver (1757-1798), best known for his expedition in 1791-95 to explore and chart the North Western Pacific coast of North America. Born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Vancouver joined the Royal Navy in 1771 sailing on HMS Endeavour and HMS Discovery as part of Cook's second and third voyages. In 1791, as lieutenant he left England in command of a new HMS Discovery and HMS Chatham on an expedition to explore the Pacific visiting Cape Town, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Hawaii before heading to North America. There Vancouver visited the coastlines of what are now British Columbia, Alaska, Washington State, Oregon and California before returning to England. Promoted to Captain towards the end of his voyage, Vancouver's reputation was damaged as a result of high profile disputes which were said to have arisen during the course of his expedition including one with Thomas Pitt, cousin of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. Vancouver died in obscurity in 1798. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"1791/1795"

Plan de la ville et faubourg de Paris 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:912.43(443.611)

Elements of chemistry : volume III Chaptal, I A 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:54

Malte Voyager Francois 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:914.582

Vie du Capitaine Thurot Thurot, Francois 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Thurot

Experiments and observations on the unequal refrangibility of light Blair, Robert 1791 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:535.1

A letter to the Board of Visitors of the Greenwich Royal Observatory in reply to the calumnies of Mr Babbage at their meeting in June 1853, and in his book entitled The exposition of 1851 / by the Rev. R. Sheepshanks. Sheepshanks, R 1860. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Sheepshanks

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