The Death of the French Atlantic

War, revolution, and anti-slavery were the three major forces which led to the dramatic decline of France's Atlantic empire with the loss of her richest Caribbean colony, Saint-Domingue.

Alan Forrest draws a rich portrait of France's Atlantic communities in this tumultuous period, and the uneasy legacy of the French slave trade.

Preface: The Death of the French Atlantic?

; PART 1: BEFORE THE STORM; 1 The French Atlantic World; 2 The Port Cities of the French Atlantic; 3 The Years of Economic Prosperity; 4 France and the Slave Trade; 5 Populating the French Atlantic; PART 2: WAR AND REVOLUTION; 6 Debating Slavery; 7 The French Revolution in the Atlantic Ports; 8 Merchants, Planters, and Revolutionary Politics; 9 War and Revolution in the Caribbean; 10 The Saint-Domingue Diaspora in the Atlantic World; 11 Economic Stagnation and Decay; PART 3: EMERGING FROM CRISIS; 12 The Congress of Vienna and the Politics of Slavery; 13 The Illegal Slave Trade; 14 The Slave Trade in Collective Memory; Conclusion; Bibliography