Domestic Enemy: Poisoning and Resistance to the Slave Order in the 19th Century French Antilles

Authors

  • Marco Fioravanti Universitá di Roma “Tor Vergata”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i14.380

Keywords:

Right of Resistance, Colonialism, Poisoning, Extraordinary Penal Jurisdiction

Abstract

This article wishes to contribute to the study of disobedience rights, by analyzing instances of resistance against slavery in the French Antilles during the Restoration period. This period was the backdrop for quite a number of significant slave revolts; not just in the French colonies, but also the English and the Spanish ones, such as Jamaica, Cuba, the Barbados islands or the Bermudas. The uprisings occurred coincidentally during a phase of French history that witnessed a booming slave trade, although it had been formally abolished following the congress of Vienna.

Fecha envío / Submission date:2/12/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 18/02/2013

Author Biography

Marco Fioravanti, Universitá di Roma “Tor Vergata”

Ricercatore di Storia del diritto medievale e moderno nell’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, insegna Storia delle costituzioni all’Università di Teramo ed è stato Chercheur invité presso l’Université de Poitiers. Fra le sue pubblicazioni più recenti: Le potestà normative del governo. Dalla Francia d’Ancien régime all’Italia liberale (Giuffrè, 2009); ha curato, con Andrea Buratti, Costituenti ombra. Altri luoghi e altre figure della cultura politica italiana (1943-48) (Carocci, 2010); Il Pregiudizio del colore. Diritto e giustizia nelle Antille francesi durante la Restaurazione, Carocci, 2012).
Historia Constitucional

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No. 14 (2013): Historia Constitucional N. 14 (2013)

Section

Spanish America and the French West Indies

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