However, when news of the revolution spread to the French colony of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti, slaves revolted violently, burning plantations to the ground and executing any Frenchman ...

However, when news of the revolution spread to the French colony of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti, slaves revolted violently, burning plantations to the ground and executing any Frenchman ...

Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the ... which was called Haiti, a "higher place." ...

The typical books I read average about 300 pages. I’m not a speed reader. It takes me a day or two to read a book that long. That indicates I enjoyed it. If a book takes me longer to read I probably ...