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C. L. R. James: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from C. L. R. James, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• Enslaved Haitians defeated Napoleon's army and founded the world's first Black republic

  Starting in 1791, enslaved Haitians rose up against French colonial rule and, over 13 years, defeated French, British and Spanish forces sent to crush them. By 1804 they had founde…

  — C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

• Enslaved people in Haiti ran the only revolution that ever abolished slavery outright

  Starting in 1791, enslaved Africans in the French colony of Saint-Domingue rose up under leaders including Toussaint Louverture and fought off French, Spanish and British forces fo…

  — C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins

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