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 with Christienna Fryar (Contributor)

384 pages first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced

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The iconic study of the Haitian revolution, by one of the most important historians of the twentieth centuryC. L. R. James's pioneering account of the 1791 San Domingo slave revolt and the creation of the republic of Haiti changed the way colonial...

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informative 95%
challenging 66%
inspiring 33%
reflective 29%
dark 25%
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tense 12%
adventurous 8%
emotional 4%
hopeful 4%

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medium 34%

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