The French Revolution's Other Island: The Impact of Saint-Domingue on Revolutionary Politics
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Citation
Popkin, Jeremy D., University of Kentucky. "The French Revolution's Other Island: The Impact of Saint-Domingue on Revolutionary Politics." The Haitian Revolution: Viewed 200 Years After, an International Scholarly Conference. John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI. June 19, 2004.
Notes
Following are rough notes of Popkin's presentation, taken by Stuart Maxwell on June 19, 2004.
- Draws a comparison (loosely) of Saint-Domingue's relationship to France being like Ireland's to England.
- The economic impact of the revolution must have been major.
- It was easy and preferential for the French to believe in conspiracy theories, especially for the start of the revolution.