Kill Your Masters (The Haitian Revolution, or The World’s Only Successful Slave Revolt)

09/28/22 • 80 min

The Haitian Revolution was one of the most significant events in human history. Although continually eclipsed by the American and French Revolutions, which preceded and, to some extent, caused it, it irrevocably altered world history. It witnessed the first successful slave insurrection, established the first African-led republic in the new world, and had a tremendous impact on France, the United States, and the hemisphere's surrounding states and territories. From its legendary beginnings in 1791 at a slave ceremony, to numerous interventions by the French, Spanish, and English, to the ultimate victory of independence in 1804, the Haitian Revolution can be difficult to follow and analyze. Indeed, many nineteenth-century officials simply refused to acknowledge that it had occurred and today we will be looking at this often forgotten event.
Notes:-
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
amazon.com/Black-Jacobins-Toussaint-LOuverture-Revolution/dp/0679724672
- Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
https://www.amazon.com/Avengers-New-World-Haitian-Revolution/dp/0674018265
-Haiti has suffered hugely over centuries but its revolution was stunningly innovative
https://theconversation.com/haiti-has-suffered-hugely-over-centuries-but-its-revolution-was-stunningly-innovative-183954?utm_source=pocket_mylist
-The Haitian Revolution: Tracing a lineage of Black resistance
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/qjkb45/the-haitian-revolutionat
-The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France
https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/haitian-revolution-rebellion-hispaniola-what-happened-toussaint-louverture/

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09/28/22 • 80 min

A Conversation Before The World Ends - Kill Your Masters (The Haitian Revolution, or The World’s Only Successful Slave Revolt)

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Haitian Revolution (The First Slave Rebellion)

o The history of black slavery in the American continent can defined by the persistent effort to resist their bondage. Only once. On August 21st 1791, on an island called St. Doe-ming, did a group of slaves succeed in overthrowing their oppressors and the system that oppressed them. Under the shadow of the French revolution, amid the Napoleonic wars and being the third major revolution in what would be considered A

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