Haiti: A Slave Revolution 200 years after 1804
Haiti: A Slave
Revolution 200 years after 1804
The Haitian Revolution is a singular event in history. Never
before or since has an enslaved people risen up, broken their chains, and
established a new state. Haiti was a beacon of hope and inspiration to the
enslaved Africans of the United States. Haiti's history has been turbulent,
but not for the reasons given by mainstream historians. Racism underlies their
charges that the first Black Republic lacks "democratic traditions and is
prone to violence. Read full chapters from this important book
