Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We are all descendants of the Haitian Revolution.” These are words from Laurent Dubois’s book, Avengers of the New World: The ...

In August 1791, slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue revolted, rising up by the thousands. Within ten days they’ve taken over the whole northern province. By the following year, they ...

The Haitian Revolution is the only successful, permanent slave revolt in history, resulting in the creation of an independent state. Haiti is also the first modern nation of the w ...

The historical events that led to Haiti's independence -- and to the document found by Duke graduate student Julia Gaffield -- began taking shape a few years after the 1782 Treaty of Paris officially ...

Q: What was the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Americans, black and white? How did Americans percieve Toussaint? What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers covered ...

First published in Radical Philosophy this short essay by Peter Hallward explores the power and meaning of the Haitian Revolution for us now. Submitted by red jack on August 9, 2008 Two hundred years ...

I try to offer travel opportunities in my articles to “Get Out of Town” that might be enjoyable and also have some historical interest. But given the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to stay at home, ...

The Age of Revolution (1770–1850), bookended by the American and French Revolutions on the one side and the Revolutions of 1848 on the other, is widely viewed as the progenitor of the modern ...

The issue of self discovery — specifically, when searching for your cultural connection to the world at large — is one reason that Frantz Derenoncourt, Jr. decided to become an author with his ...