The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

363 pages paperback 1938

18 editions

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In 1791, inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, the slaves of San Domingo rose in revolt. Despite invasion by a series of British, Spanish and Napoleonic armies, their twelve-year struggle led to the creation of Haiti, the first independ...

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