Essential Scholarly Sources for a Saint-Domingue Novel Primary sources: The indispensable starting point

Essential Scholarly Sources for a Saint-Domingue Novel Your existing collection covers the foundational texts brilliantly. The books below fill crucial gaps—providing the granular, sensory details of plantation life, African spiritual traditions, maroon survival, and revolutionary chaos that novelists need. For a protagonist who transforms from enslaved person to maroon to revolutionary insurgent (1780s–1794), these sources offer authentic voices, material culture, and the intimate textures of daily existence that make historical fiction breathe.