{"title":"Laurent DuBois","description":"Laurent Dubois is the author of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2004. The Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke University, Dubois has written on Haiti for the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and the New Yorker Web site, among other publications, and is the codirector of the Haiti Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.","products":[{"product_id":"avengers-of-the-new-world-the-story-of-the-haitian-revolution-paperback","title":"Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Within a few years, the slave insurgents forced the French administrators of the colony to emancipate them, a decision ratified by revolutionary Paris in 1794. This victory was a stunning challenge to the order of master\/slave relations throughout the Americas, including the southern United States, reinforcing the most fervent hopes of slaves and the worst fears of masters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, peace eluded Saint-Domingue as British and Spanish forces attacked the colony. A charismatic ex-slave named Toussaint Louverture came to France's aid, raising armies of others like himself and defeating the invaders. Ultimately Napoleon, fearing the enormous political power of Toussaint, sent a massive mission to crush him and subjugate the ex-slaves. After many battles, a decisive victory over the French secured the birth of Haiti and the permanent abolition of slavery from the land. The independence of Haiti reshaped the Atlantic world by leading to the French sale of Louisiana to the United States and the expansion of the Cuban sugar economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaurent Dubois weaves the stories of slaves, free people of African descent, wealthy whites, and French administrators into an unforgettable tale of insurrection, war, heroism, and victory. He establishes the Haitian Revolution as a foundational moment in the history of democracy and human rights.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366083428575,"sku":"9780674018266","price":41.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cbfFuC3siF9780674018266.webp?v=1789080826"},{"product_id":"haiti-the-aftershocks-of-history-paperback","title":"Haiti: The Aftershocks of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate and insightful account by a leading historian of Haiti that traces the sources of the country's devastating present back to its turbulent and traumatic history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, blamed by many for its own wretchedness. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois demonstrates, Haiti's troubled present can only be understood by examining its complex past. The country's difficulties are inextricably rooted in its founding revolution--the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world; the hostility that this rebellion generated among the surrounding colonial powers; and the intense struggle within Haiti itself to define its newfound freedom and realize its promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing what lies behind the familiar moniker \"the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere,\" this indispensable book illuminates the foundations on which a new Haiti might yet emerge.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366642811103,"sku":"9781250002365","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hCm5cazjD59781250002365.webp?v=1789095215"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/laurent-dubois.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}