https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(HAITI%20%2B%20HISTORY%20%2B%20REVOLUTION%20%2B%201791%20%2B%201804)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Haiti%20--%20History%20--%20Revolution%2C%201791-1804%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5610871&CF=BIB This is the impassioned and beautifully drawn story of the Haitian Revolution and its incredible leader: Toussaint Louverture. The text of this graphic novel is a play by C. L. R. James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role. For the first time, Black actors appeared on the British stage in a work by a Black playwright. The script had been lost for almost 70 years when a draft copy was discovered among James's archives. Now this extraordinary drama has been reimagined by artists Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee. This is the impassioned and beautifully drawn story of the Haitian Revolution and its incredible leader: Toussaint Louverture. The text of this graphic novel is a play by C. L. R. James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role. For the first time, Black actors appeared on the British stage in a work by a Black playwright. The script had been lost for almost 70 years when a draft copy was discovered among James's archives. Now this extraordinary drama has been reimagined by artists Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Watts, Nic<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Verso, 2023.<br />272 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GRA - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 95000000114908<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GRA - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 95000000115583<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - GRA - Available - 95000000115584<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4996335&CF=BIB The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life, he confronted (and for a time overcame) some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France. The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life, he confronted (and for a time overcame) some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hazareesingh, Sudhir<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2021.<br />xxviii, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 TOU - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 95000000041138<br />Portslade Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 TOU - Available - 95000000042364<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4788210&CF=BIB The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life, he confronted (and for a time overcame) some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France. The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life, he confronted (and for a time overcame) some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hazareesingh, Sudhir<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Allen Lane, 2020.<br />xxvi, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 TOU - Available - 95000000000676<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 TOU - Available - 95000000001113<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 920 TOU - Onloan - Due: 25 Sep 2021 - Lost copy (Set: 20 Dec 2021) - 95000000001572<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4465193&CF=BIB The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world historyToussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard reveals the dramatic story of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. In 1791, the unassuming Louverture masterminded the only successful slave revolt in history. By 1801, he was general and governor of Saint-Domingue, and an international statesman who forged treaties with Britain, France, Spain, and the United States-empires that feared the effect his example would have on their slave regimes. Louveture's ascendency was short-lived, however. In 1802, he was exiled to France, dying soon after as one of the most famous men in the world, variously feared and celebrated as the "Black Napoleon." As Girard shows, in life Louverture was not an idealist, but an ambitious pragmatist. He strove not only for abolition and independence, but to build Saint-Domingue's economic might and elevate his own social standing. He helped free Saint-Domingue's slaves yet immediately restricted their rights in the interests of protecting the island's sugar production. He warded off French invasions but embraced the cultural model of the French gentility. In death, Louverture quickly passed into legend, his memory inspiring abolitionist, black nationalist, and anti-colonialist movements well into the 20th century. Deeply researched and bracingly original, Toussaint Louverture is the definitive biography of one of the most influential people of his era, or any other. The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world historyToussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. Born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to secure his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard reveals the dramatic story of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. In 1791, the unassuming Louverture masterminded the only successful slave revolt in history. By 1801, he was general and governor of Saint-Domingue, and an international statesman who forged treaties with Britain, France, Spain, and the United States-empires that feared the effect his example would have on their slave regimes. Louveture's ascendency was short-lived, however. In 1802, he was exiled to France, dying soon after as one of the most famous men in the world, variously feared and celebrated as the "Black Napoleon." As Girard shows, in life Louverture was not an idealist, but an ambitious pragmatist. He strove not only for abolition and independence, but to build Saint-Domingue's economic might and elevate his own social standing. He helped free Saint-Domingue's slaves yet immediately restricted their rights in the interests of protecting the island's sugar production. He warded off French invasions but embraced the cultural model of the French gentility. In death, Louverture quickly passed into legend, his memory inspiring abolitionist, black nationalist, and anti-colonialist movements well into the 20th century. Deeply researched and bracingly original, Toussaint Louverture is the definitive biography of one of the most influential people of his era, or any other.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Girard, Philippe R.<br />First edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Basic Books, [2016]<br />340 pages; 24 cm<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 972.94 - Available - 04443873<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2634794&CF=BIB From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlours of New Orleans at the turn of the 18th century, Isabel Allende's novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlours of New Orleans at the turn of the 18th century, Isabel Allende's novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Allende, Isabel<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Fourth Estate, 2011.<br />457 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 95000000089909<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1311448&CF=BIB Toussaint l'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 18th century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first free black republic. In this collection of writings and speeches, Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates l'Ouverture's profound contribution to the struggle for equality. Toussaint l'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 18th century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first free black republic. In this collection of writings and speeches, Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates l'Ouverture's profound contribution to the struggle for equality.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Verso, 2008.<br />160 p. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 972.9403 - Onloan - Due: 21 Feb 2017 - Lost copy (Set: 21 May 2017) - 03442560<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=523808&CF=BIB This title chronicles the successful revolt when brutally treated slaves in Saint Domingo rose up in rebellion against their French masters during the French Revolution in 1791. This title chronicles the successful revolt when brutally treated slaves in Saint Domingo rose up in rebellion against their French masters during the French Revolution in 1791.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-<br />New [ed.] / with an introduction and notes by James Walvin.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin, 2001.<br />xx, 363p. : map ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 972.9303 - Available - 95000000057373<br />