On the sugar and coffee plantations of France’s Saint-Domingue colony - which eventually renamed itself Haiti - the African slaves were oppressed in the extreme. James wanted to show that oppressed people are capable of taking their destiny into their own hands, given the right circumstances. “The Black Jacobins” was more than superb. And the greatest of its virtues is to stand knowledgeably and disputatiously in the shadow of its predecessor, the first of the extensively researched books in English, which was “The Black Jacobins,” from 1938, by C.L.R. The book is superb, though perhaps not in every way. $29.99.Īny number of books have been written over the centuries about the leader of the Haitian slave revolution, but “Toussaint Louverture,” by Philippe Girard, is only the second in English to draw deeply on the original documents. TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE A Revolutionary Life By Philippe Girard Illustrated.
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