Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom 9781787387799, 1787387798

How did a Caribbean child, born into plantation slavery, come to defeat Napoleon's armies in battle and crown himse

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Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom
9781787387799, 1787387798

"As the first successful revolution emanating from a slave rebellion, the Haitian Revolution remains an inspired si

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Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled

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2017 Nicolás Guillén Outstanding Book Award presented by the Caribbean Philosophical Association As the first successfu

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Stella, first published in 1859, is an imaginative retelling of Haiti’s fight for independence from slavery and French c

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The only truly successful slave uprising in the Atlantic world, the Haitian Revolution gave birth to the first independe

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Dangerous Neighbors shows how the Haitian Revolution permeated early American print culture and had a profound impact on

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A devout puritan, Henry Ireton was an immediate parliamentarian activist rising to the rank of Commissary-General of the

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This edited collection explores the inspiration of the Russian Revolution of 1917 for black radicals across the African

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