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Avengers of the New World The Story of the Haitian Revolution

Laurent Dubois

The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French ad...

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The Daily

The book was praised as a beautiful work of history about the Haitian Revolution, with Ta-Nehisi Coates noting its impact. He highlighted it as a standout title in discussions of how America’s story is told. The episode presented it as a highly recommended read.

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Episode: From Opinion: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Co...

The book was highlighted as a beautiful work of history about the Haitian Revolution.

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the second book that I think about a lot similarly is Laurent Du Bois' History of the Haitian Revolution, Avengers of the New World. What a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful work of history that really, really...

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was recommended as a beautiful work of history about the Haitian Revolution, especially relevant given current events in Haiti.

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the second book that I think about a lot similarly is Laurent Dubois' History of the Haitian Revolution, Avengers of the New World.

— Episode: Best Of: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehi...

Episode: Best Of: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates...

It was recommended as a beautiful work of history about the Haitian Revolution, especially relevant given current events in Haiti.

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the second book that I think about a lot similarly is Laurent Dubois' History of the Haitian Revolution, Avengers of the New World.

Episode: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Fi...

Nicole highlighted Laurent Dubois's "Avengers of the New World" as a beautiful work on the Haitian Revolution that feels especially relevant today.

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the second book that I think about a lot similarly is Laurent Dubois' History of the Haitian Revolution, Avengers of the New World

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