revolution, 1791-1804

The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike.

A comparative history of the revolutionary age in the Americas, looking at the American Revolution of 1776, the slave revolt in Saint Dominque (now Haiti) in 1791, and the Spanish-American fight for independence, and arguing that the issues at stake in those wars remain central in modern American politics.

Years after Haiti's liberation from French colonial rule, while King Henri Christophe reigns with brutality, and Ti No?l, an elderly slave, practices animal magic with his fellow slave, Macandal.

A comparative study of the revolutions that transformed the British, French, and Spanish Atlantic worlds during the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, describing the factors that destabilized the old regimes, the techniques of successful popular mobilization, and the roles played by enslaved Africans and Native Americans.

A biography of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, looking at his life as a slave and a slave-owner, and arguing that his sometimes controversial actions can be attributed to his desire to win freedom for the slaves of Saint Domingue.

Presents an account of the slave rebellion in the French slave colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 which led to the emancipation of the slaves, and eventually to the founding of the independent nation of Haiti.

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti and became its ruler in 1799.

A collection of paintings by Jacob Lawrence chronicling the liberation of Haiti in 1804 under the leadership of General Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Chronicles Toussaint L'Ouverture's efforts to lead the African slaves of St. Domingue, now the island of Haiti, to freedom.