I am collecting texts and resources on the "Haitian Revolution" for my Human Rights class and I thought I'd share a few things with you.
First of all, this Graphic Novel (online), which helps you understand what happened: "The Slave Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti" https://thenib.com/haitian-revolution/
And this short article which also gives an overview - both written by historian Laurent Dubois, who is an expert on the field: https://aeon.co/essays/why-haiti-should-be-at-the-centre-of-the-age-of-revolution
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Marlene L. Daut on Haitians' push for reparations for France's 19th-century gunboat deal to compensate former enslavers, rather than the other way around. By Marlene L. Daut The Conversation In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his count
Ever since waging the first successful anti-imperialist revolution in 1804, the Caribbean nation that overthrew slavery has been hit with crippling debt, coups and foreign meddling. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On a stormy August night in 1791, Dutty Boukma
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We are celebrating the publication of our 1000th blog by reprinting our classic contributions. See Gregory Pierrot's blog on The Haitian Revolution and Black Lives Matter. #HaitianRevolution #BlackLivesMatter