Haitian Revolution Part 3: No Longer Slaves


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

Revolution begins in earnest in Saint-Domingue as the colony's massive slave population rises up and takes vengeance into their own hands. Faced with the complete collapse of the old order, the whites and the free people of color attempt to come to an understanding.

 

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