In this authoritative, elegant biography, Daut draws a complex, contradictory portrait of Henry Christophe, also known as King Henry.

The population of New Orleans actually doubled in the early 19th century from a belated wave of Saint-Domingue immigrants who had first sought refuge in Cuba; these early "Haitian Americans ... the ...

Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint de Bréda, was a Haitian general who played an important role in the Haitian Revolution, the only known slave uprising in history which led to a fully ...

“African Mosaic,” which highlights recent acquisitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art—depicts the 18th-century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. The ...

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 ...

The Haitian Revolution caused a seismic shift ... to succeed However under the leadership of figures such as Toussaint LOuverture Henry Christophe and JeanJacques Dessalines the Haitians became ...

Q: What was the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Americans, black and white? How did Americans percieve Toussaint? What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers ...