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Revolution in Our Time: A Gripping Account of the Haitian Revolution

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A sweeping, vivid, and deeply researched chronicle of the Haitian Revolution, a defining event in world history and the first successful slave revolt in the Americas.

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

by Kekla Magoon

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In 1791, a massive slave rebellion erupted in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave, the Haitian Revolutionaries fought a bloody and protracted war against the French colonialists. Against all odds, they emerged victorious, establishing the first independent black republic in the Americas.

Revolution in Our Time is the definitive account of this extraordinary event. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Laurent Dubois paints a vivid and immersive portrait of the Haitian Revolution. He tells the story of the slaves who rose up against their oppressors, the white planters who fought to maintain their power, and the French soldiers who were sent to quell the rebellion.

Dubois's narrative is both sweeping and intimate. He captures the grandeur of the Haitian Revolution, but he also gives voice to the individual experiences of those who lived through it. We meet slaves who risked their lives to fight for freedom, planters who clung desperately to their wealth and privilege, and soldiers who found themselves caught in a bloody conflict that they did not fully understand.

Revolution in Our Time is a groundbreaking work of scholarship that sheds new light on one of the most important events in world history. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of slavery, revolution, and the Caribbean.

Praise for Revolution in Our Time

"A brilliant and essential work of history. Laurent Dubois has written the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution, a transformative event that profoundly shaped the modern world."—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello

"A triumph of historical storytelling. Dubois brings the Haitian Revolution to life with vivid prose and a profound understanding of the people and events that shaped it."—David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

"A masterpiece of scholarship and a riveting read. Dubois has produced a work that will stand as the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution for generations to come."—James Oakes, author of The Radical and the Republican: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander H. Stephens, and the Coming of the Civil War

About the Author

Laurent Dubois is a professor of history at Duke University. He is the author of several books on the history of the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, including Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution and The Haitian Revolution: A History of the First Black Republic.

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People

by Kekla Magoon

4.7 out of 5