Author: St. JOHN, Spenser.
Title: Hayti or the Black Republic.
Description: London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1884. Original decorated green cloth. With folding map. XIV,343 pp. First edition. - St. John wrote this account of Haiti after spending several years there as a chargé d'affaires and later, resident minister. Included are chapters on population, voodoo worship and cannibalism, and a general description of the country and its history. The book caused outrage because of its sensational tales of vodoo and cannibalism and is described as 'a savagely hostile account' in O.D.N.B. Cundall 507; Afro-Americana 9066.
Keywords: America Caribbean Haiti Islands slavery
Title: Hayti or the Black Republic.
Description: London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1884. Original decorated green cloth. With folding map. XIV,343 pp. First edition. - St. John wrote this account of Haiti after spending several years there as a chargé d'affaires and later, resident minister. Included are chapters on population, voodoo worship and cannibalism, and a general description of the country and its history. The book caused outrage because of its sensational tales of vodoo and cannibalism and is described as 'a savagely hostile account' in O.D.N.B. Cundall 507; Afro-Americana 9066.
Keywords: America Caribbean Haiti Islands slavery
Price: EUR 247.50 = appr. US$ 268.99 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36744
- Book number: 36744