Jargal: A Novel

Excerpt from Jargal: A Novel

The following episode, founded upon the revolt of the slaves of San Domingo in 1791, has a circumstantial man ner,1 which would have been enough to prevent the author from publishing it. A sketch of the work, however, having already been printed, and distributed in a limited number of copies, in 1820, at a time when the politics of the day were' very little occupied with Hayti, it is evident that, if the subject he treats has since acquired a new degree of interest, it is not the fault of the author. Events have arranged themselves for the book, not the book for events.

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