Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Incendie du Cap. Révolte générale des Nègres. Massacre des Blanca [sic].
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Accession number:
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69-213
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Record number:
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69-213-1
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JCB call number:
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E825 H673d
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Image title:
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Incendie du Cap. Révolte générale des Nègres. Massacre des Blanca [sic].
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Tiger]
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Image date:
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[1820]
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Image function:
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fold-out frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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13.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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White men, women, and children flee from black men with swords. Includes dwellings burning, ships, scene of warfare and murder.
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Source Title:
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Saint-Domingue, ou Histoire de ses révolutions ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Tiger, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue du Petit-Pont, no. 10. Au Pilier littéraire.
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Source date:
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[1820]
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notes:
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This image shows the burning of Cap Français in present-day Haiti and the massacre of the whites there as the Haitian slave rebellion of 1793 intensified.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1968.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
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