The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

click image for close-up Although there is a large body of visual materials depicting the Haitian revolution, there are no existing portraits drawn from life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the hero of ...

Haitian art is characterised by its clever use of ... Haitians are acknowledged during Black History Month for the Haitian Revolution, which established Haiti as the first Black republic.