I'd been meaning to learn more about this! Thanks. I knew William Wilberforce and his friends invested a lot into this new republic, in the hopes its success would help humanize people of African descent and end the British slave trade. Had never heard of Toussaint!
The Haiti Revolution is definitely under appreciated. It was the first black democracy, as well as a revolt against slavery. But even enlightened liberal reformers in Europe, such as Napoleon, hated the Haitian Revolution for racist reasons.
I'd been meaning to learn more about this! Thanks. I knew William Wilberforce and his friends invested a lot into this new republic, in the hopes its success would help humanize people of African descent and end the British slave trade. Had never heard of Toussaint!
The Haiti Revolution is definitely under appreciated. It was the first black democracy, as well as a revolt against slavery. But even enlightened liberal reformers in Europe, such as Napoleon, hated the Haitian Revolution for racist reasons.