The link between the demise of the Creole pig and the crisis of Haiti is the subject of a new documentary produced by WLRN ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

The typical books I read average about 300 pages. I’m not a speed reader. It takes me a day or two to read a book that long. That indicates I enjoyed it. If a book takes me longer to read I probably ...

A: Early in the 19th century, the Haitian Revolution gets talked about and written about by Afro North American commentators as well as by others, as the signal event of the entire history of the ...

leaving indelible traces of their legacy in Haitian culture In 1791, a slave revolution started in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, the oppressed ...

In 1791, enslaved Haitians led by general Toussaint L’Ouverture began their revolt against Napoleon Bonaparte and their enslavers. Now known as the Haitian Revolution, the 13-year battle had ...

Her dissertation, titled "'In a State of Flight': The Struggle for Freedom in the Haitian Diaspora, 1791-1830," examines the legal and ... Haiti to the United States by enslavers fleeing the ...