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COLONIALISM AND SCIENCE

With a New Foreword by Vertus Saint-Louis

The University of Chicago Press chicag o and london

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The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 6 0 637 Copyright © 1992 by The Johns Hopkins University Press Foreword © 2 010 by James E. McClellan III. All rights reserved. University of Chicago Press edition 2 010 Printed in the United States of America 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

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frontispiece The passage outward from Saint Domingue: “Vue du Débouquement de St. Domingue.” Engraving by N. Ponce in Moreau de Saint-Méry (17 91). ISBN: 978-0-226-51467-3 (paper) ISBN: 0-226-51467-6 (paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McClellan, James E. ( James Edward), 19 4 6 – Colonialism and science : Saint Domingue in the old regime / James E. McClellan III ; with a new foreword by Vertus Saint-Louis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-51467-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-226-51467-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Science—Haiti—History—18th century. 2. Haiti—History. I. Saint-Louis, Vertus. II. Title. Q127.H2M38 2010 509.7294’09033—dc22 2010016562 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.

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13· On to Letters Patent 14. Profile of an Institution

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15. The Fall of the Societe Royale of Cap Fran