The Haitian Revolution - the slave rebellion that succeeded
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Show Notes
This time; our eager non-historians Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell discuss the amazing story of the enslaved people of Haiti, who rose up and defeated a major world power and established the New World’s first independent black state.
Episode includes violence, voodoo and a zombie.
Recommended reading:
Avengers of the New World by Laurent Dubois
You are all free : the Haitian revolution and the abolition of slavery by Jeremy Popkin
The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
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We Are History is written and presented by Angela Barnes and John O’Farrell. Audio production by Simon Williams and artwork by James Parrett. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor is Andrew Harrison. We Are History is a Podmasters Production.
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