"Every Planter Has Become an Enlightened Politician": Proprietorship, Work, and Citizenship in Colonial Haiti, 1770–1789.

Despite much scholarship on the plantation economy, little attention has been paid to planter political rhetoric in colonial Haiti. By analyzing planter petitions, several lawsuits, and the colonial doléances of 1788–89, this article shows how landed proprietors harnessed natural rights jurisprudenc...

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Published in:	French Historical Studies Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 1 - 39
Main Authors:	Christie, Nancy, Gauvreau, Michael
Format:	Article
Published:	Duke University Press Feb2024
Subjects:	Sole proprietorship Citizenship Natural law Private property French Revolution, 1789-1799 Liberalism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost