Haitian Revolution

Overturning Five Myths of the Haitian Revolution

by Julia Gaffield

Many understandings of the Haitian Revolution, from its intellectual and political roots, to its military progress, to its political consequences, are at best half-truths. And it did not entail "white genocide." 

Burning It All Down

by L.D. Burnett

Louis Trouillot's commentary on historiography and the slippage between history as fact and history as narrative shows how academic gatekeepers who resist revisionist challenges to their fields play into the hands of bad faith actors who would prefer to silence historians entirely. 

Explaining the Different Post-Colonial Trajectories of Ireland and Haiti

by Alan J. Singer

"The divergent paths of Haiti and Ireland are rooted in the history of 19th century European colonialism, European and American racism, and the very different alternatives offered to the people of the former colonies for the last two hundred plus years."

The United States Owes Haiti a Debt it Can't Repay

by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Haitian Revolution set in motion events that transformed France, North America, and the Caribbean, but conflicts were invariably resolved at the expense of independent Haiti. 

The Historical, Political And Social Conditions That Led Haiti To Turbulence

Haiti's troubles go back more than a century. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Brooklyn College professor Jean-Eddy Saint Paul about the country's history.

AAIHS Book Club: Jean Casimir's "The Haitians" (Convenes Online in August)

The African American Intellectual History Society will convene an online book club discussing Jean Casimir's "The Haitians: A Decolonial History" with events beginning in August. 

What The Haitian Revolution Tells Us About The U.S. Movement For Racial Equality

Historian Marlene Daut on the significance of the Haitian Revolution for America's unfinished struggle for racial equality. 

Who was Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Why Does He Matter Now?

by Julia Gaffield

The anniversary of Haitian independence is occasion to rethink the legacy of the nation's first head of state, the uncompromising opponent of slavery and colonialism Jean-Jacques Dessalines. 

Inside the Kingdom of Hayti, ‘the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere’

by Marlene Daut

With “Black Panther” receiving multiple Oscar nods, it’s time to look at the closest thing to Wakanda that has existed: the Kingdom of Hayti.

15 Black Uprisings Against European and Arab Oppression They Won’t Teach in Schools

The Atlanta Black Star features slave revolts brushed under the rug in Western textbooks.