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The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History
Ever wonder how a brutal slave colony managed to pull off the only successful slave revolt in history and flip the script on colonial powers? Spoiler: It wasn’t just luck or some grand plan scribbled in a café. It was chaos, courage, and a messy tangle of politics, race, and power. David Geggus’s documentary history throws you right into the thick of it with voices from every corner of the Haitian Revolution—raw, unfiltered, and often surprising.
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