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The Black Jacobins
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution | C L R James
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In 1789 the West Indian colony of San Domingo supplied two-thirds of the overseas trade of France. The entire structure of what was arguably the most profitable colony in the world rested on the labour of half a million slaves. In 1791 the waves of unrest inspired by the French Revolution reached across the Atlantic dividing the loyalties of the white population of the island. The brutally treated slaves of Saint Domingo seized at this confusion and rose up in rebellion against masters. In thisclassic work, CLR James chronicles the only successful slave revolt in history and provides a critical portrait of their leader, Toussaint L'Ouverture, 'one of the most remarkable men of a period rich in remarkable men'.
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution | C L R James
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CLR James is literally one of the greatest to ever do it, and The Black Jacobins certainly earns its reputation as a classic. Impossible not to think of Gaza as you read.

“When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.”

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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution | C L R James
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“The rich are only defeated when they are running for their lives”

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Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution | C L R James
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Interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Cauleen Smith drew this book cover as one of 57 for her proposed humanistic reading list, "Human_3.0 Reading List" currently in view at the Art Institute of Chicago. #cauleensmith #booksandimages #readinglists #humanisticreadinglist

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