Explore 12 inspiring facets of the Haitian Revolution's positive impact, ... Mark that date. Haiti didn’t just become ... The brutality of colonial Saint-Domingue is almost unimaginable.

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, the free people of color began the chain of ...

A s National Haitian Heritage Month unfolds, it's a call to remember something truly extraordinary: the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). This wasn't just another fight for independence; it was a ...

Yesterday marked the 200th anniversary of the Haitian revolution. And it was born out of a slave revolt.The territory the French called St. Domingue won its independence through a revolutionary ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and historian Marlene Daut discuss parallels between the Haitian Revolution and the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. for our series, "We Hold These Truths." ...

The Haitian Revolution saw two competing tendencies: a revolutionary, ... Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de la Révolution de Saint-Domingue, Paris, 1819, Vol. II, pp. 334-335). The betrayal of ...

On Aug. 21, 1791, enslaved Africans on the slave colony of St. Domingue revolted against French colonial rule. The revolt, which transformed itself into the Haitian Revolution, began 230 years ago ...

Haitian Revolution on film But there is one odd exception, 20th Century Fox's "Lydia Bailey" from 1952 about two white Americans falling in love in the middle of the Haitian Revolution.

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, the free people of color began the chain of ...