The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt that birthed a free republic. Professor Nicolai von Eggers brings a crucial perspective to understanding the revolution not just as a military event, but as a profound political upheaval in the colony of Saint-Domingue, which at the time, was the world's most profitable colony.

We unpack the radical ideas of former slave and revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture that fueled the fight for freedom that sent shockwaves through slaveholding global powers, including France, England and Spain.

We confront the harrowing French response, initiated by Napoleon, intended to reconquer the fledgling nation via a brutal campaign that historians increasingly examine for its genocidal dimensions. We also learn why the small island nation that we know now as Haiti never really had a chance to become a propserous society.

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