Title: The Black Jacobins; Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.
Authors: James, C. L. R. 1901-1989.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Year: 1963
Subjects: Toussaint Louverture,; Revolutionaries Haiti Biography; Generals Haiti Biography; Haiti History; Haiti History Biography
Abstract: Describes the successful slave revolt of 1791 in Haiti, which eventually resulted in the establishment of the Negro state of Haiti.
Contents: The property -- The owners -- Parliament and property -- The San Domingo masses begin -- And the Paris masses complete -- The rise of Toussaint -- The mulattoes try and fail -- The white slave-owners again -- The expulsion of the British -- Toussaint seizes the power -- The black consul -- The bourgeoisie prepares to restore slavery -- The war of independence.