Correspondence and report relating to the start of the Haitian revolution, 1791 November.

2 items

Spanish

In Spanish.

Purchased from Maggs Brothers, Ltd. on the Donald S. Tuttle Book Fund, 2018.

This material is open for research.

Manuscript correspondence and a report, in unidentified hands, detailing events in the French colony of Saint-Domingue for internal use by the Spanish government, November 1791. The documents describe the insurrection by enslaved people on August 21, 1791; the requests for help sent by the French colonial government; and the response of the Spanish government. Names mentioned in the documents include: governor general of Saint-Domingue Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande; governor of Cuba Luis de las Casas y Aragorri; statesman José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca; and Navy minister Antonio Valdés.

May 17, 2021

Correspondence and Report Relating to the Start of the Haitian Revolution. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Correspondence and Report Relating to the Start of the Haitian Revolution. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.