Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution

Part 2 of 3. Dr. Daut tells the story behind her essay on Napoleon Bonaparte and the backlash that followed. Then we see how Haitian intellectuals argued long ago that the revolution was being silenced, and how they tied it to resistance going back to 1521. We also see why Toussaint Louverture's constitution made the most radically free laws of the age. We end with Goman and the maroons of the Grand'Anse, and how Haitian sovereignty took shape and began to come apart.

Read the full transcript on Jou: https://jou.rasanblaj.ht/podcast/neg-mawon/2027-04-03/transcript