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General Mack’s Austrian army surrenders at Ulm. October 20, 1805
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Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. August 6, 1805
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Napoleon is crowned King of Italy in Milan. May 26, 1805
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Toussaint L’Ouverture in An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
Rainsford paints a glowing portrait of the abilities and accomplishments of L’Ouverture, the most noted leader of the rebellion and one of the key founders of the nation of Haiti.
A Divided Elite from An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
In this excerpt, Rainsford describes the divisive effects of the Declaration of Rights of the Blacks among the various racial/social groupings.
Discontent Spreads from An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
Rainsford wrote one of the first favorable accounts of the Haitian Revolution. He blamed the colonists for refusing to alter the slave system. Our excerpts begin with reactions to the revolution in mainland France in 1789 and continue through the…
Ogé’s Rebellion in An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
Rainsford’s sympathy for the revolt in Haiti did not seem to extend to the influence of ideas imported from revolutionary France, which appear to have been at the heart of Ogé’s rebellion.
The French Return from An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
In this excerpt, Rainsford continues to exhalt the qualities of L’Ouverture while criticizing French behavior in the attempted reconquest of the island under Napoleon.