Drums at Dusk (Library of Southern Civilization) by Arna Wendell Bontemps; Introduction-Michael P. Bibler; Introduction-Jessica D. Adams - 2009-06

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Paperback / softback. New. A story of love, violence, and race set at the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, African American writer Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk immerses readers in the opulent and brutal -- yet also very fragile -- society of France's richest colony, Saint Domingue. First published in 1939, this novel explores the complex web of tensions connecting wealthy plantation owners, poor whites, free people of colour, and the slaves who stunned the colony and the globe by uniting in a carefully planned uprising. The novel's hero, Diron Desautels, a white Creole born in Saint Domingue who belongs to the French antislavery group Societe des Amis des Noirs, attempts to spread his message of ""liberty, equality, fraternity"" in a world fraught with conflict. Imaginatively inhabiting a wide spectrum of Haitian voices, including those of white indentured servants, female slaves, and Toussaint L'Ouverture, who later emerged as the… Read More