02815cam a22004091 4500 6321507 20250607233707.9 cr ||||||||||| 761020s1805 enkbcef 001 0 eng 6321507 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg 02012395 (DLC) 02012395 (OCoLC)2514606 DLC eng LNT NN DLC F1923 .R15 F1923 .R15 Copy 2 Toner Coll Rainsford, Marcus, active 1805. An historical account of the black empire of Hayti : comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its ancient and modern state. By Marcus Rainsford. [London] J. Cundee, 1805. xxiii [1], 467, [9] p. 8 pl. (incl. front.) port., fold. map, facsim., plan. 28 cm. Marcus Rainsford was a soldier who served for many years with the British Army in the British West Indies. He visited Haiti in 1799, where he became an admirer of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the former slave who led Haiti's revolution and struggle to end slavery. This book is Rainsford's account of the slave uprising that began in August 1791 and the subsequent fighting that, at different times, involved French, Spanish, and British troops and various factions in Haiti. The book includes the first known representations of Toussaint, which were engravings made from Rainsford's sketches and descriptions. Also included are extensive documentation of the revolution and Rainsford's disturbing accounts of the brutal treatment of the slave population by their French masters, as well as of the atrocities committed by all sides in the course of the struggle. Toussaint died in Paris in April 1803, after having been seized by French forces acting under orders from Napoleon Bonaparte, who in 1802 sent an army to Haiti in attempt to reassert French control. Rainsford's wholly admiring account of Toussaint appears in chapter 5 of the work. World Digital Library. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803. Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804. Haiti History To 1791. rbc0001 2019toner12395 o http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbfr.0031 France in America: Selections from the LC Rare Books and Special Collections Division Description http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.eur/frhtml.0002 LAC ael 2020-10-15 update (1 card) rsl 2020-10-15 ascfr/frlcrb/tx intldl bnffia-bk pmpull ammemx rbc/scd rblacfederal 20201015 wdl c-GenColl F1923 .R15 Copy 1 OCLCREP