Following many years of hidden and small-scale resistance, African slaves in the French colony of Saint Domingue (or San Domingo) rose up in 1791 against their colonizers and slave masters. By 1804, ...
October, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state ...
The Haitian Revolution was one of the most important revolutions in the Western Hemisphere. Yet, our barelyfunded school system only teaches children the importance of the American and French ...
📜 The Haitian Revolution: Liberation - Two commissioners sent from France arrive in Saint Domingue. Their goal is not abolition. Their goal is only to enforce the new commission from France, a ...
Fever and fret : the Haitian Revolution and African American responses / Maurice Jackson and Jacqueline Bacon -- Afro-American sailors and the international communication network : the case of Newport ...
To honor that spirit, let’s examine 12 facets of this story that shine with resilience, beauty, and a profound impact that still resonates today. As National Haitian Heritage Month unfolds, it’s a ...
A New Orleans research center has received $1 million to conserve 41 paintings by Jacob Lawrence, one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. The three-year grant to the Amistad ...
A statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Although there have been biographies of Dessalines in ...
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