July 11th Newsletter

    No products in the cart.
Torn Light Records
1855 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647
312.955.0614
Open Everyday
10AM-7PM
Marcus Rainsford - Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti

Marcus Rainsford – Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti

Out of stock

$12.00

As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford’s An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Rainsford, a career officer in the British army, went to Haiti to recruit black soldiers for the British. By publishing his observations of the prowess of black troops, and recounting his meetings with Toussaint Louverture, Rainsford offered eyewitness testimonial that acknowledged the intelligence and effectiveness of the Haitian rebels. Although not an abolitionist, Rainsford nonetheless was supportive of the independent state of Haiti, which he argued posed no threat to British colonial interests in the West Indies, an extremely unusual stance at the time. Rainsford’s account made an immediate impact upon publication; it was widely reviewed, and translated twice in its first year. Paul Youngquist’s and Grégory Pierrot’s critical introduction to this new edition provides contextual and historical details, as well as new biographical information about Rainsford. Of particular interest is a newly discovered miniature painting of Louverture attributed to Rainsford, which is reproduced along with the twelve engravings that accompanied his original account.
Book is in “Like New” condition. Some light superficial wear and/or remainder mark might be present.
Genre

Condition

Categories , ,
Stock Level Out of stock
SKU
Share

Related products

  • Emily Joyce – A Cigar Caught In The Lilies
    Emily Joyce – A Cigar Caught In The Lilies
    $15.00 | ,

    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: April 1, 2019 A Cigar Caught In The Lilies is a book of visual concrete poetry […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Salvador Dali – Oui: The Paranoid-Critical Revolution: Writings 1927-1933
    Salvador Dali – Oui: The Paranoid-Critical Revolution: Writings …
    $14.00 | ,

    Dalí’s meditations on art and the paranoid-critical method, plus poems and more Salvador Dalí’s writings from the period in which he was most closely allied with the Surrealists have [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
    Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
    $19.00 | ,

    2022 is upon us! FANGORIA #14 rings in the new year with the one you’ve been waiting for… and one you’ll have to wait a little longer for. Here’s what […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Horror Fiction
  • Simone Forti – On An Iron Post
    Simone Forti – On An Iron Post
    $25.00 | ,

    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Release date: October 1, 2017 Simone Forti is a dancer, artist and writer based in Los Angeles. The […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Kate Hall – I Did But I Don’t Anymore
    Kate Hall – I Did But I Don’t Anymore
    $15.00 | ,

    Soft cover, perfect bound 64 pages, 6.5 × 9-inch Edition of 500 Kate Hall is a Los Angeles based artist. I Did But I Don’t Anymore is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sol Yurick – The Warriors
    Sol Yurick – The Warriors
    $17.00 | ,

    The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang’s nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

MORE FROM Non-Fiction VIEW ALL

  • Korm Plastics “The Second Annual”
    Korm Plastics “The Second Annual”
    $20.00 | ,

    Following the critically acclaimed first Annual, Korm Plastics is very proud to present The Second Annual, which has more pages and more authors and covers a wide selection of musical […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Simon Reynolds – Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
    Simon Reynolds – Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Re…
    $33.00 | ,

    The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock. Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Non-Fiction
  • The Psychedelic Experience : A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead
    The Psychedelic Experience : A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the…
    $14.00 | ,

    The Psychedelic Experience, created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzer and Richard Alpert, is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biography
    Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biog…
    $10.00 | ,

    “People tell me it’s country music,” Terry Allen has joked, “and I ask, ‘Which country?’” For nearly sixty years, Allen’s inimitable art has explored the borderlands of memory, crossing [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Deleuze & Guattari – Anti-Oedipus
    Deleuze & Guattari – Anti-Oedipus
    $23.00 | ,

    When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and “a work of heretical madness” by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolitanism
    Roots in Reverse: Senegalese Afro-Cuban Music and Tropical Cosmopolita…
    $10.00 | , ,

    Roots in Reverse explores how Latin music contributed to the formation of the négritude movement in the 1930s. Taking Senegal and Cuba as its primary research areas, this work uses […]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction