Saturday Oct 30, 2021
Haitian Revolution Part 5: The Black Spartacus
As the War of the First Coalition continues to unfold in Saint-Domingue, the French republicans are able to turn their fortunes around thanks to the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave who was quickly becoming the most powerful political and military figure in the entire colony.
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Bibliography:
Dubois, Laurent. Avengers of the New World: the Story of the Haitian Revolution. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
Dubois, Laurent. Haiti: The Aftershocks of History. Metropolitan Books, 2012
Fick, Carolyn. The Making of Haiti: the Saint Domingue Revolution from Below. The University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a Documentary History. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 2014.
James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Vintage Books, 1989.
Cover Image: Battle of Santo Domingo (also known as Battle of Palm Tree Hill) painting by Polish artist January Suchodolski, 1845.
Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák
Closing Theme: "Ogou Feray" by Racine Mapou de Azor.
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