Haitian Revolution Part 5: The Black Spartacus

<p>In this episode of our series on the Haitian Revolution, we witness the meteoric rise of ex-slave Toussaint Louverture as he goes from a subordinate general of the slave revolt to become the most powerful political and military figure in all of Saint-Domingue.</p> <p>Follow me on Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii'>https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii</a></p> <p>Like the show on Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/Historia-Dramatica-Podcast-105310634678354'>https://www.facebook.com/Historia-Dramatica-Podcast-105310634678354</a></p> <p>Support the show on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541'>https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541</a></p> <p>Email the show: <a href='mailto:historiadramaticapod@gmail.com'>historiadramaticapod@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Works Cited</p> <p>Dubois, Laurent. Avengers of the New World: the Story of the Haitian Revolution. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.</p> <p>Dubois, Laurent. Haiti: The Aftershocks of History. Metropolitan Books, 2012</p> <p>Fick, Carolyn. The Making of Haiti: the Saint Domingue Revolution from Below. The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. </p> <p>Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a Documentary History. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 2014.</p> <p>James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Vintage Books, 1989.</p>