Liberation - Two commissioners sent from France arrive in Saint Domingue. Their goal is not abolition. Their goal is only to enforce the new commission from France, a commission that grants full ...
📜 The Haitian Revolution: The Slave Society - The Haitian Revolution is a unique historical event in many ways. It was both an offshoot of the French Revolution, but also an anti-colonialist ...
During the French Revolution, the enslaved peoples and their supporters launched the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), led by a former slave and general of the French Army, Toussaint Louverture.
NOW, A NEW BOOK DETAILS THE LIFE OF A LEADER IN THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION WHO LATER BECAME THE COUNTRY’S ONLY MONARCH. IT’S CALLED THE FIRST AND LAST KING OF HAITI. THE RISE AND FALL OF HENRI ...