The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James cookbook Definitive

Definitive

sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her

' Lionel Shriver'A tour de force

Smith in The Guardian

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The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James cookbook DefinitiveIn 1791, inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, the slaves of San Domingo rose in revolt. Despite invasion by a series of British, Spanish and Napoleonic armies, their twelve year struggle led to the creation of Haiti, the first independent black republic outside Africa. Only three years later, the British and Americans ended the Atlantic slave trade. In this outstanding example of vivid, committed and empathetic historical analysis, C. L.