![]() ![]() ![]() Although this significant event has been a long-neglected topic, Dubois does contribute to and moves beyond a limited existing historiography, including the works of such authors as C. The Haitian Revolution turned the world as known at that time upside down, as former slaves came to govern a former European colony in the Caribbean. More significantly, it serves as a strong indication of the radicalism of the eighteenth century. It was the first independent Latin American nation and the second independent country in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. Laurent Dubois eloquently tells the story of the Haitian Revolution, from the Old Regime to Haitian independence in 1804. The Haitian Revolution is important to world history in many ways. Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution.Ĭambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. ![]()
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