Rise & Rule

History does not end with the fall of one leader. In the appendix to The Black Jacobins , C.L.R. James draws a bold line from Toussaint L’Ou...

Every revolution has its hero, and every hero faces a tragic end. In Chapter 11, The Fall of Toussaint , C.L.R. James recounts the last chap...

By now, Saint-Domingue had shaken the world. The enslaved had risen, the planters had fallen, and Napoleon’s forces had been broken. Toussai...

By the turn of the 19th century, Saint-Domingue had already witnessed a miracle: enslaved men and women had risen, fought, and won victories...

By the late 1790s, the Haitian Revolution had already defeated the strongest European armies. The enslaved had become soldiers, the rebellio...

Victory against Europe’s armies did not mean unity within Saint-Domingue. In Chapter 7, The Mulattoes and the Slaves , C.L.R. James explores...

If Chapter 5 showed us Toussaint the man, Chapter 6 reveals Toussaint the commander. This is where the Haitian Revolution moves from surviva...

Every revolution produces leaders, but few in history rise from such impossible conditions as Toussaint L’Ouverture . Chapter 5 of The Black...

The first three chapters of The Black Jacobins set the stage: the brutality of slavery ( The Property ), the arrogance of the planters ( Th...

The French Revolution of 1789 thundered across Europe with its cries of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” But in Saint-Domingue, France’s ri...

If Chapter 1 revealed the condition of the enslaved “The Property” then Chapter 2, “The Owners,” exposes the other side of the colonial sys...

C.L.R. James begins The Black Jacobins with a powerful chapter called “The Property.” The title itself is shocking, because it reflects ho...

  نے آزادی، انصاف اور قیادت کے تصور کو شکل دی۔ لمبے اور مشکل ابواب کے بجائے ہم انہیں آپ کے لیے سادہ اور مختصر مضامین میں پیش کریں گے۔ ہم آ...