In 1791, Saint Domingue was both the richest and cruelest colony in the Western Hemisphere; more than a third of African slaves died within a few years of their arrival there. Thirteen years later, Haitian rebels declared independence from France after the first?and only?successful slave revolution in history. Much of the success of this uprising can be credited to one man, Toussaint Louverture?a figure about whom surprisingly little is known. In…
Author: Bell, Madison Smartt · Original publisher: Pantheon Books (New York), first edition January 16, 2007 (ISBN 9780375423376)
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