Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution

Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution

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 Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in …

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