A colony of citizens revolution and slave emancipation in the french caribbean 1787 1804 laurent dubois series published for the omohundro institute of early american history and culture williamsburg virginia. Africans in the french caribbean during the seventeen years period 1787 to 1804 it tells a different history of the republic how at the end of the eighteenth century the actions of slaves turned citizens in the caribbean transformed europe and the americas2 the book was published for the omohundro institute of early american history . A colony of citizens revolution and slave emancipation in the french caribbean 1787 1804by laurent dubois chapel hill university of north carolina press published for the omohundro institute of early american history and culture williamsburg va 2004. Abstract this dissertation combines history anthropology and literary criticism in analyzing how at the end of the eighteenth century the republican political culture of europe and the americas was transformed through the actions of the slaves turned citizens of the french caribbean slave insurgents gave new content to the abstract universality of the language of rights expanding the . A colony of citizens revolution and slave emancipation in the french caribbean 1787 1804 chapel hill university of north carolina press 2004 437 pp chronology glossary maps illustrations index 2250 paper isbn 0 8078 5536 7 reviewed for h caribbean by stewart r king mount angel seminary in a colony of citizens