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229 years ago the only successful slave revolt in history began. Check out this review and summary of CLR James' classic book about the Haitian Revolution - one of the most important events in modern history - The Black Jacobins.
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The remarkable story of a Haitian-born general in Europe during the French revolution, Alex Dumas, highlights the revolution's confrontation with racism - and how this struggle was then thrown sharply into reverse.
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