So much history...so little time...Haiti became an independent nation in 1804. Before that, it was called Saint-Domingue, and before that it was called, well, H

Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established

Focusing on the influential life and works of the Haitian political writer and statesman, Baron de Vastey (1781-1820), in this book Marlene L. Daut examines the

"A landmark collection of documents by the field's leading scholar. This reader includes beautifully written introductions and a fascinating array of never-befo

In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as th