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The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Ed. by DAVID P. GEGGUS. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. 2001. xviii+261 pp. $34.95. ISBN 1-57003-416-8.

The year 2004 marked the bicentenary of the proclamation of Haitian independence by the former slave turned army general Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The two centuries which have elapsed since 1804 have seen Haiti locked in an unending spiral of debt and decay, which has rendered the first black republic' the most deprived nation in the western hemisphere. This collection of essays is not concerned with Haiti's post-revolution demise, but with the repercussions of the revolt in the 'Atlantic ...

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