A new book by Historian Julia Gaffield analyzes the mixed legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first head of state post ...
Can't stand up for falling down: Haiti, its revolution, and twentieth-century Negritudes / Martin Munro -- Troping Toussaint, reading revolution / Nick Nesbitt -- Abbé Grégoire and Haitian ...
Haiti officially declared its independence from France on Jan. 1, 1804. In October 1806, following the assassination of Haiti’s first head of state, the country was split into two, with Alexandre ...
Cambridge, MA – Many things account for Haiti’s modern troubles. A good perspective on them comes from going back in time to 1715 or so — and grappling with a far-flung narrative involving the French ...