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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
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
Dana's seamen's friend Dana, R H ca1900 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.052
The Laws of shipping and insurance : with an appendix ... Lees, James, 1859 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 368.23
The American atlas Jefferys, Thomas 1974 • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 912.44(7/8)"17"
The lunar men : the friends who made the future, 1730-1810 /Jenny Uglow. Uglow, Jenny 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 608.1"17/18"
The masting and rigging of English ships of war 1625-1860 / Lees, James. 1984. Lees, James, 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12.014.2
The Merchant Shipping Act 1854 ... : methodically arranged, with a full table of contents, and a table of the repealed acts Lees, James, 1855 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537
Lees' laws of British shipping and of marine assurance, including the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Act 1894 Hamilton, J A 1896 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 368.23
The bombardier and pocket gunner / by Ralph Willett Adye. Adye, Ralph Willett, 1803. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.5:094
A manual for shipmasters : in a series of letters, addressed to them, on their qualifications, duties, powers, responsibilities, etc ... Lees, James, 1849 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:347.79
The laws of British shipping and marine insurance / by James Lees. Lees, James, 1865. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.79(42)
Tafel vierstelliger Logarithmen / Bearb. von dr. C. Bremiker. Bremiker, C.-(Carl), 1874. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 519.662(083.5):094
A manual for shipmasters : in a series of letters, addressed to them, on their qualifications, duties, powers, responsibilities, etc ... / Lees, James. 1851. Lees, James, 1851 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.3
A manual for shipmasters : in a series of letters, addressed to them, on their qualifications, duties, powers, responsibilities, etc ... / Lees, James. 1864. Lees, James, 1864 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.3
Protest against a vote of the Board of Longitude granting to Mr Earnshaw a reward for the merit of his time-keepers / [Joseph Banks]. Banks, Joseph, ca.1804] (London : printed by W. Bulmer). • • 1 copy available. 681.113.92:094
Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander Hoppner, Richard Belgrave (tr) 1813. • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1803/1806"
The Flying Pallas, of 36 guns, at Plymouth, is a new and uncommonly fine frigate ... : ready for an expedition as soon as some more good hands are on board ... [1804]. • RAREPAM-OS • 1 copy available. 355.2"1804"
Connoissance des temps, a l'usage des astronomes et des navigateurs avec des additions : pour l'annee bissextile 1789 /par M. Mechain, de la meme academie Mâechain, Pierre, 1786 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.51:094
Connoissance des temps, a l'usage des astronomes et des navigateurs avec des additions : pour l'annee bissextile 1788 /par M. Mechain, de la meme academie Mâechain, Pierre, 1790 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.51:094
Arguments for giving a reward to Mr Earnshaw for his improvements on time-keepers by the Astronomer Royal : to the Commissioners of Longitude /[Nevil Maskelyne]. Maskelyne, Nevil, ca.1804] (London : Luke Hansard). • • 1 copy available. 681.113.92:094
A manual for shipmasters : in a series of letters addressed to them on their qualifications, duties, powers, responsibilities, &c., arising from the different situations in which they may be placed during the course of a voyage /by James Lees. Lees, James, 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.79:094
The masting and rigging of English ships of war : 1625-1860/James Lees Lees, James, 1979 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.12.014.2
Teorica della compensazione de pendoli / Paolo Volpicelli. Volpicelli, Paolo, 1860. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11.032.111:094