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Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions

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Hardback | English

By (author): Charles Forsdick Christian Hogsbjerg

''In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.''

- Toussaint Louverture

The leader of the only successful slave revolt in history, Toussaint Louverture is seen by many to be one of the greatest anti-imperialist fighters who ever lived. Born into slavery on a Caribbean plantation, he was able to break from his bondage to lead an army of freed African slaves to victory against the professional armies of France, Spain and Britain in the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.

In this biography, Louverture''s fascinating life is explored through the prism of his radical politics. It champions this ''black Robespierre'' whose revolutionary legacy had inspired people and movements in the two centuries since his death.

For anyone interested in the roots of modern-day resistance movements and black political radicalism, Louverture''s extraordinary life provides the perfect starting point. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 20 May 2017
  • Publisher: Pluto Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780745335155

About Charles ForsdickChristian Hogsbjerg

Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French University of Liverpool. He is co-author of Toussaint Louverture (Pluto 2017) author of Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity and Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures (Oxford University Press 2005) and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader (Duke University Press 2017). Christian Hogsbjerg is a historian who works for the Centre for African Studies at the University of Leeds. He is author of C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain (Duke University Press 2014) co-author of Toussaint Louverture (Pluto 2017) and editor of Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History James''s 1934 play about the Haitian Revolution and World Revolution 1917-1936 James''s 1937 history of the Communist International and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader (Duke University Press 2017).

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