Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources:
Letter:
Grgoire, Henri. "Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue." Letter to
Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue. 8 June 1791. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag.
Marxists History Archive. Marxists Internet Archive, 2006. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1791/gregoire.htm>.
The ideas of what the French Code had promised but were not given to all citizens, why they
should fight back against the inequality.
Proclamation:
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques. "Liberty or Death." Year I of Independence. Haiti, Gonaves. 1 Jan.
1804. Marxists History Archive. Web. 22 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1804/liberty-or-death.htm>.
Haitian Act of Independence, the revolution was over; use for extra page, the after-effects of the
revolution.
Journal:
Descourtilz, Michel tienne. "History of the Disasters in Saint-Domingue."Histoire Des
Desastres De Saint-Domingue (1795): n. pag. Marxists History Archive. Marxists Internet
Archive, 2004. Web. 22 Nov. 2014. <http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1791/historydisasters.htm>.
An account of the first year of the Haitian Revolution.
Constitution:
Haiti. Constitution of 1801. By Toussaint Louverture. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Marxists History Archive.
Marxists Internet Archive. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1801/constitution.htm>.
Constitution established after revolution; for use in after-effects of the Haitian Revolution.
Artwork:
Brunias, Agostino. Linen Market, Dominica. 1780. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, New
Haven, Connecticut.
Revolte Gnrale Des Negres. Massacre Des Blancs. 1820. Woodcut vignette. SaintDomingue, Ou Histoire De Ses Rvolutions. Paris: L'Imprimerie De Tiger, 1820. N. pag. Print.
Secondary Sources:
Essay:

Greene, Meg, and S. D. Black. "Saint Domingue: Was the Slave Insurrection on Saint
Domingue (Haiti) a Turning Point in the Modern History of Slavery?" History in Dispute. Ed.
Mark G. Malvasi. Vol. 13: Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, circa 1500-1888. Detroit: St.
James, 2003. 209-16.Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|
CX2877300036&v=2.1&u=conc49179&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=a21966b597b6eddb327007e
b3dbed765>.
Summary of the Haitian Revolution, what led up to it, what happened after, how it was based on
the French Revolution.
Rand, David. Social Triggers of the Haitian Revolution. Slave Resistance. N.p., n.d. Web. 24
Nov. 2014.
<http://scholar.library.miami.edu/slaves/san_domingo_revolution/individual_essay/david.html>.
A summary of what events started the Haitian Revolution as well as a short summary of what
took place.
Article:
Girard, Philippe R. "The Many Meanings of the Haitian Declaration of Independence." Web log
post. OUPblog. Oxford University Press, 3 Jan. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2014.
<http://blog.oup.com/2014/01/haitian-declaration-of-independence-meaning-audience/>.
Analysis of the Haitian Act of Independence; for use on extra page on after effects of the
revolution.
Encyclopedia:
Ardouin, Beaubrun. "Dessalines, the Flag, and Independence." tudes Sur LHistoire DHati.
Vol. 6. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Marxists History Archive. Marxists Internet Archive, 2010. Web. 22 Nov.
2014. <http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/1804/flag.htm>.
The near end of the Haitian Revolution; include information about the idea of Haiti's Declaration
of Independence.
Website:
McNally, Deborah. "L'Ouverture, Toussaint (1742-1803)." BlackPast.org. University of
Washington, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014. <http://www.blackpast.org/gah/loverture-toussaint-17421803>.
General information about who Toussaint LOverture was and the major events in his life.
"Paris and the Politics of Rebellion." Liberty Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French
Revolution. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.<http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap4a.html>.

Summary and analysis of the French Revolution.

"Slavery and the Haitian Revolution." Liberty Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French
Revolution. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. <http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap8a.html>.
All direct reasons of why the Haitian Revolution happened and some background information.
Artwork:
Girardin, Alexandre F. Officer of the Haitian Revolution. 1800. N.p.
Perrault, Henri P. Prise De La Bastille. 1928. Oil on canvas. N.p.
Scene of the Battle of Vertires during the Haitian Revolution. 2011. Engraving. N.p.