these early "Haitian Americans" of many backgrounds helped shape the culture of Louisiana for generations. Saint-Domingue's slave revolution posed delicate problems for both England and the leadership ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue ... which was called Haiti, a "higher place." ...

What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers ... It wasn't that the revolution in Saint Domingue taught mainland slaves to be rebellious or to resist their bondage.

Daniel Bayard's "Triumph to Tragedy" five-book saga traces back to a Haitian ancestor from 1689 and explores Haiti from 1771-1845.

While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and repeated for political gains, a new book argues.

leaving indelible traces of their legacy in Haitian culture In 1791, a slave revolution started in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, the oppressed ...

An image showing the Saint-Domingue Revolution of 1791. The rebellion against French control was ultimately succession and led to the creation of the nation of Haiti in 1804. On plantations ...

The Old State House in downtown Boston is a monument to revolution ... enslaved in the former French colony of Saint-Domingue, which would become Haiti upon its independence.