"About 1710, J. D. Herlein, a Dutch visitor to Paramaribo, reported that a runaway slave from the town had been recaptured by the authorities. His sentence, which the court intended "to serve as an example to others," was "to be quartered alive, and the pieces thrown in the River." Herlein witnessed the execution: "He … Continue reading ESSAY: Price on “Violence and Hope in a Space of Death: Paramaribo” | Common-place (2003)
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FORUM: Dubois, Girard, Gaffield, and Jenson on Jean-Jacques Dessalines
The July 2012 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly is hosting a special forum on "Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Haitian Revolution." The forum includes: Laurent Dubois, "Dessalines Toro d'Haiti." Philippe R. Girard, "Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Atlantic System: A Reappraisal:" Revered in Haiti as a founding father committed to his countrymen’s freedom and independence, … Continue reading FORUM: Dubois, Girard, Gaffield, and Jenson on Jean-Jacques Dessalines
REVIEW: Johnson on STN’s 18th Century French Book Trade Database
From The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe website: The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe project uses database technology to map the trade of the Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (STN), a celebrated Swiss publishing house that operated between 1769 and 1794. As the STN sold the works of other publishers alongside its own editions, … Continue reading REVIEW: Johnson on STN’s 18th Century French Book Trade Database
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