Apowerfulandimpassionedhistoricalaccountofthelargestsuccessfulrevoltbyenslavedpeopleinhistory:theHaitianRevolutionof1791-1803“Oneoftheseminaltextsaboutthehistoryofslaveryandabolition....Provocativeandempowering.“--TheNewYorkTimesBookReviewTheBlackJacobins,byTrinidadianhistorianC.L.R.James,wasthefirstmajoranalysisoftheuprisingthatbeganinthewakeofthestormingoftheBastilleinFranceandbecamethemodelforliberationmovementsfromAfricatoCuba.ItisthestoryoftheFrenchcolonyofSanDomingo,aplacewherethebrutalityofplantationownerstowardenslavedpeoplewashorrifyinglysevere.AnditisthestoryofacharismaticandbarelyliterateenslavedpersonnamedToussaintL’Ouverture,whosuccessfullyledtheBlackpeopleofSanDomingoagainstsuccessiveinvasionsbyoverwhelmingFrench,Spanish,andEnglishforces--andintheprocesshelpedformthefirstindependentpost-colonialnationintheCaribbean.Withanewintroduction(2023)byProfessorDavidScott.
