Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies: The French Revolution in Martinique and Guadeloupe, 1789-1802

"Cormack’s book sheds important light on the revolutionary era in the Windward Islands and serves as a foundation for future studies examining the complicated, shifting alliances that transcended race, class, and even legal status during this tumultuous period." Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss, New West Indian Guide

"Among the many strengths of Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies is Cormack’s detailed account of how the revolutionary script from France was reinterpreted by various factions in the Windward Islands as they claimed national legitimacy and struggled for political power. This approach brings into focus the myriad and often contradicting ways in which Martinique and Guadeloupe absorbed and remade revolutionary political culture."

Deirdre T. Lyons, University of Chicago, Histoire sociale / Social History

"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies is an impressive survey based on years of work in a wide range of archives. Events in the Caribbean have assumed increasing importance in the study of the French Revolution over the last generation, but most attention has always been given to Saint-Domingue and the origins of Haiti. This book will bring readers an important account of relatively neglected episodes on the history of the Revolution, of French colonialism, and the wider area of slavery."

William Doyle, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Bristol, author of The Oxford History of the French Revolution

"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies sheds badly needed light on the destabilizing political struggles between different white factions. The story of these fratricidal factional struggles which shattered the colonial status quo and created the opening for free people of color and then slaves to claim their rights, is essential, needed badly to be told, and is now laid out cogently and convincingly in this work."

Rafe Blaufarb, Professor of History, Florida State University