Contents

pp vi-vii

List of Figures

pp viii-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-xi

Preface: Baron de Vastey and Post/Revolutionary Haiti

pp 1-10

Jean Louis Vastey (1781–1820): A Biographical Sketch

pp 11-26

Introduction

pp 27-28

I - (1820): Death of a Scribe

pp 29-42

II - (1814): The Colonial System Restored

pp 43-62

III - (1814–2014): Reading the Protean Text

pp 63-69

Notes to Introduction

pp 70-80

The Colonial System Unveiled

pp 81-82

INTRODUCTION

pp 83-84

The Colonial System Unveiled

pp 85-145

Notes to The Colonial System Unveiled

pp 146-170

Supplementary Essays

pp 171-172

1 - Monstrous Testimony: Baron de Vastey and the Politics of Black Memory

pp 173-210

2 - Abolition, Sentiment, and the Problem of Agency in Le système colonial dévoilé

pp 211-246

3 - Memories of Development: Le système colonial dévoilé and the Performance of Literacy

pp 247-284

4 - Afterword: Vastey and the System of Colonial Violence

pp 285-300

Bibliography

pp 301-319

Index

pp 320-330