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The Haitian Revolution: The Only Successful Slave Revolt
In 1791, the French colony of Saint-Domingue—the wealthiest colony in the Americas—exploded in a slave revolt that would become the Haitian Revolution. This episode explores how enslaved Africans and free people of color, led by figures like Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Georges Biassou, fought against French, Spanish, and British forces to establish the world's first Black republic. We delve into the brutal plantation system, the role of voodoo ceremonies like the Bois Caïman, the impact of the French Revolution, and the radical abolition of slavery. Lucas and Luna…
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