Saturday Dec 11, 2021
Haitian Revolution Part 8: War of Independence
A French expeditionary force under General Charles Leclerc invades Saint-Domingue with orders to oust Toussaint L'Ouverture from power. However, despite meeting with initial successes, the French soon find that their task will prove far more difficult than initially expected.
Email me: perspectivesinhistorypod@gmail.com
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.
Comments (0)
To leave or reply to comments, please download free Podbean or
No Comments
To leave or reply to comments,
please download free Podbean App.