Acknowledgments  ix

Chronology  xi

Introduction  xvii

A Note on the Text  lvii

An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti  1

Editorial Notes  277

Bibliography  321

Index  331

“Rainsford’s Historical Account was the first lengthy report of the slave uprising and, for many years, the narrative on which English-speaking European politicians and other interested observers relied. This, its first modern re-production, includes a helpful, skillful introduction to the book, to rebellious Haiti, and to Rainsford.” —R. I. Rotberg, Choice

“Rainsford’s Historical Account was the first lengthy report of the slave uprising and, for many years, the narrative on which English-speaking European politicians and other interested observers relied. This, its first modern re-production, includes a helpful, skillful introduction to the book, to rebellious Haiti, and to Rainsford.” —R. I. Rotberg, Choice

"Marcus Rainsford's book is one of the most important sources on the Haitian Revolution, and it has been a constant resource for historians. This is so in part because the particularities of Rainsford's position allowed him to present a portrait that is in many ways at odds with other famous accounts of the Haitian Revolution. The editors do a terrific job of identifying Rainsford's literary and historical perspectives and contextualizing Rainsford's arguments."—Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History

"Marcus Rainsford's narrative and engravings have long been recognized as a unique source for the antislavery revolution in Saint Domingue and the imperial politics in the slaveholding Atlantic. Paul Youngquist and Grégory Pierrot provide fascinating new background for the artistic, literary, and political contexts of Rainsford's remarkably sympathetic account of the revolution and one of its key figures, Toussaint Louverture."—Sibylle Fischer, author of Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution

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