Join A Journey Through History Meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: 2004.Įnter the Journey Through History Zoom RoomĪ Journey Through History Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 8pm to 9pm Eastern. Traces the history of Hispaniola and describes how slaves from Africa under Toussaint Louverture defeated France, Britain, and Spain and achieved emancipation at great economic and human cost. Professor analyzes the 1791-1803 revolution in the French Caribbean country of Haiti. The NLS annotation follows:Īvengers of the New World: the story of the Haitian Revolution DB60295ĭubois, Laurent Reading time: 14 hours, 45 minutes.Īnne Flosnik A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. We’ll discuss this in the next meeting of A Journey through History on 6/6/23 with the book Avengers of the New World: the story of the Haitian Revolution DB60295. Their success was devastating not only to their former masters but to colonial powers including the United States. The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on one of the most profitable colonies in the Atlantic world.
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