Two hundred and twenty-seven years ago on Aug. 21, the French colony of Saint-Domingue erupted in a giant slave rebellion. It would mark the beginning of 13 years of revolution, culminating in the 1804 declaration of independence of Haiti, the first nation in Latin America. Eighty years ago, a Trinidadian scholar named C.L.R. James…
Category: Black Jacobins
Confronting Black Jacobins : How the Haitian Revolution Smashed Slavery Worldwide
Hugo Turner Edited by Internationalist 360° The Haitian revolution (1791-1804) was one of the most important events in modern history. It was the first successful anti-slavery revolution. Not only did Haiti’s slaves manage to liberate themselves, they also inflicted crushing defeats on three empires. Spain, France and Britain suffered catastrophic losses trying to take back…
