Haitian Revolution Part 2: The Rights of Man and Citizen

Haitian Revolution
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Battle of Santo Domingo (also known as Battle of Palm Tree Hill) painting by Polish artist January Suchodolski, 1845.

Closing Theme: "Ogou Feray" by Racine Mapou de Azor

When a revolution breaks out in the streets of Paris in 1789, it is not long before its effects reach Saint-Domingue. Inspired by the ideals of the nascent French Revolution, the colony's distinct socio-economic and racial groups begin to fight amongst one another in order to make their respective visions of the colony's future into reality. 

 
Willem Conner
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