The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

448 pages first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced

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A classic and impassioned account of the Haitian Revolution – the first revolution in the Third World and the model for the liberation movements from Africa to Cuba.This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Re...

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informative 96%
challenging 68%
inspiring 36%
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dark 24%
sad 12%
tense 12%
adventurous 8%
emotional 4%
hopeful 4%

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medium 33%

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