The Black Jacobins Audio
The Black Jacobins (1938) by C.L.R. James is a foundational historical account of the 1791–1803 Haitian Revolution, documenting the only successful slave revolt
The Black Jacobins (1938) by C.L.R. James is a foundational historical account of the 1791–1803 Haitian Revolution, documenting the only successful slave revolt in history. It details how enslaved people in Saint-Domingue rose against French colonial rule, led by Toussaint Louverture, and interconnected with the French Revolution to establish the first independent black republic.
