This timeline uses archival documents and audio recordings available in the Freedom Archives to explore Haiti’s vibrant history of resistance, and especially the significance and legacy of the Haitian Revolution. Visit search.freedomarchives.org to access the full range of the Freedom Archives holdings.
Special Thanks to Weyland and Kathy for their dedicated work on this project.
LEARN MORE:
- a history of Haiti / An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
- collection of essays that challenges myths and misinformation about the Haitian Revolution / Haiti, A Slave Revolution: 200 Years after 1804 (PDF)
- analysis of how history writing is connected to power, with a chapter on the Haitian Revolution /Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
- an appreciation of the graphic novel /“Golden Legacy versus Trivialising Tropes: An Examination of The Saga of Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Birth of Haiti”
- article detailing the punishment Haiti was forced to pay to France /“The Ransom, The Roots of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers”
- award-winning documentary film available on YouTube / Haiti: Killing the Dream
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