The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

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A classic and impassioned account of the Haitian Revolution—the first revolution in the Third World and the model for the liberation movements from Africa to Cuba.  “One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition. . . . Provocative and empowering.” –The New York Times Book Review This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803, a revolution that began in the wake of the Bastille. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of master toward slave was legendary. And it is the story of a barely literate slave named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the black people of San Domingo in a successful struggle against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces and in the process helped form the first independent nation in the Caribbean. Front/Back Cover Front Matter Preface to the Vintage Edition Preface to the First Edition Contents Prologue 1. The Property 2. The Owners 3. Parliament and Property 4. The San Domingo Masses Begin 5. And the Paris Masses Complete 6. The Rise of Toussaint 7. The Mullattoes Try and Fail 8. The White Slave-Owners Again 9. The Expulsion of the British 10. Toussaint Seizes the Power 11. The Black Consul 12. The Bourgeoisie Prepares to Restore Slavery 13. The War of Independence Bibliography Appendix: From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Fidel Castro Index About the Author