Black Spartacus
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Shortlisted for THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, 2020
The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world''s first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became t...
Brought to you by Penguin.
Shortlisted for THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, 2020
The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world''s first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became t...
