🔵 Quand l'histoire fait dates
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#Haiti #colonialisme #esclavage #independance #liberté #ToussaintLouverture
#ToussaintLOuverture
#Anecdotique : le surnom de Louverture fut donné à Toussaint parce qu'il avait un écart assez impressionnant entre deux dents. Ou alors parce qu'il savait se créer une ouverture dans les lignes ennemies. Nul ne sait vraiment...
#histoire #haïti #esclavage #caraïbes #colonisation #décolonisation #toussaintlouverture
That explains a lot about why Haiti is where it is now. I wish this was taught in the US as part of World History. Maybe if people here knew, people would force the US Gov to help Haiti out decades ago.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #jacobins #toussaintlouverture #slavery #colonialism #books #CLRJames #novel #fiction #author #writer #isabelallende #BlackMastadon
Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.
The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #jacobins #toussaintlouverture #slavery #colonialism #books #CLRJames #novel #fiction #author #writer #isabelallende #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
Today in Labor History May 28, 1802: 400 rebellious enslaved people, led by Louis Delgrès, blew themselves up in In Guadeloupe, rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. Delgres had fought as an officer for Revolutionary France against Great Britain. The Jacobins had freed the slaves, but Napoleon threatened to reimpose slavery throughout the empire. During his resistance, the French army drove Delgrès and his followers into a fort. When they realized there was no escape, they committed suicide by igniting the gunpowder stores, attempting to kill as many French troops as possible in the process. Much later, the French built a memorial for him opposite that of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution. However, the true location of both men’s remains are a mystery.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #haiti #toussaintlouverture #LouisDelgrès #guadeloupe #france #Revolution #rebellion #jacobin #BlackMastadon
Vijay Prashad: Punishing Haiti’s Liberation
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/13/vijay-prashad-punishing-haitis-liberation/
Ever since waging the first successful anti-imperialist revolution in 1804, the Caribbean nation that overthrew slavery has been hit with crippling debt, coups and foreign meddling. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On a stormy August night in 1791,…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #France #Haiti #History #HumanRights #IncomeInequality #Spain #U.s. #Abolition #AntiImperialism #CécileFatiman #Citibank #DuttyBoukman #DuvalierRegime #Frankétienne #FrenchRevolution #GeorgeWashington #HaitianRevolution #JeanBertrandAristide #JeanJacquesDessalines #MaximilienRobespierre #NapoleonBonaparte #PresidentJeanVilbrunGuillaumeSam #Slavery #ThomasJefferson #ToussaintLOuverture #VijayPrashad #ViscountOfRochambeau
Today in Labor History May 6, 1794: Toussaint L'Ouverture launched the Haitian revolution for independence against France. As a result of this revolution, the formerly enslaved people declared independence from France in 1804, making Haiti the first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70. France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. (For a really great history of the Haitian revolution, please see the Black Jacobins, by C. L. R. James)
#workingclass #LaborHistory #haiti #slavery #ToussaintLOuverture #boukman #blackjacobins #clrjames #books #author #writer #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #toussaintlouverture #haiti #revolution #slavery #racism #boukman #vodou #revolt #independence #BlackMastadon #prison #BlackJacobins #CLRJames #book #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon
C.L.R. James s’attache avec une très grande minutie à restituer l’enchaînement des événement de la révolution de Saint-Domingue. Il essaie d’en dégager des enseignements susceptibles de nourrir toutes les luttes pour la liberté.
https://bibliothequefahrenheit.blogspot.com/2025/02/les-jacobins-noirs.html#more
#haiti #histoire #saintdomingue #toussaintlouverture #editionsamsterdam #revolution #esclavage
Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)
About twenty years actor Danny Glover was working on a movie about called Toussaint starring Don Cheadle, Mos Def, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett, but he got push back from the studios because their weren't any White heroes in it. In a movie about a slave rebellion? Then the fascist activist campaigns against it bec
http://idavox.com/index.php/2025/02/03/toussaint-louverture-1743-1803/
#BlackHistoryMatters #Haiti #rebellion #slavery #ToussaintLouverture
About twenty years actor Danny Glover was working on a movie about called Toussaint starring Don Cheadle, Mos Def, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett, but he got push back from the studios because their weren't any White heroes in it. In a movie about a slave rebellion? Then the fascist activist campaigns against it bec
http://idavox.com/index.php/2025/02/03/toussaint-louverture-1743-1803/
#BlackHistoryMatters #Haiti #rebellion #slavery #ToussaintLouverture
"We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger." — General #ToussaintLouverture #BlackHistory
Today in Labor History January 1, 1804: Haitian slaves, led by Jean Jacques Desalines, declared independence from France, making Haiti the first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70. France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Toussaint L'Ouverture led the revolution. (For a really great history of the Haitian revolution, please see the “Black Jacobins,” by C. L. R. James)
#workingclass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #ToussaintLOuverture #boukman #slavery #books #author #writer #nonfiction @bookstadon
Lebensmotto #opensource #linux #toussaintlouverture #freiheit
> Freedom was here, in this mountain village with a few animals and gardens on which the people might easily live; freedom was what he himself had come here, for the space of a few hours, to enjoy.
#MadisonSmarttBell in #MasterOfTheCrossroads book 2 of the #HaitiTrilogy : #ToussaintLouverture thinks on The State and #PeasantFreedom :#AModestUtopia essay by Paul Goodman comes to mind.
Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.
The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #jacobins #toussaintlouverture #slavery #colonialism #books #CLRJames #novel #fiction #author #writer #isabelallende #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
Today in Labor History May 28, 1802: 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blew themselves up in In Guadeloupe, rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. Delgres had fought as an officer for Revolutionary France against Great Britain. The Jacobins had freed the slaves, but Napoleon threatened to reimpose slavery throughout the empire. During his resistance, the French army drove Delgrès and his followers into a fort. When they realized there was no escape, they committed suicide by igniting the gunpowder stores, attempting to kill as many French troops as possible in the process. Much later, the French built a memorial for him opposite that of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution. However, the true location of both men’s remains are a mystery.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #haiti #toussaintlouverture #LouisDelgrès #guadeloupe #france #Revolution #rebellion #jacobin
220eme Anniversaire de la mort de #ToussaintLouverture, « chef des noirs insurgés de Saint-Domingue », le 7 avril 1803
Le programme de décembre au Musée de Pontarlier
Communiqué officiel ➡️ http://rsvi.mjt.lu/nl3/2xrJ-eioJo8_G3xn4k6K6g
#musée #histoire #animation #enfance #féminisme #DanielLonchampt #peinture #PierreBichet #ToussaintLouverture
Le destin de Toussaint Louverture, d’une plantation sucrière au Château de Joux
https://hebdo25.net/le-destin-de-toussaint-louverture-dune-plantation-sucriere-au-chateau-de-joux/
Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.
The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #haiti #Revolution #jacobins #ToussaintLouverture #slavery #colonialism #books #CLRJames #novel #fiction #author #writer #IsabelAllende #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
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