PERHAPS THE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE OPPRESSED OVER THEIR OPPRESSORS
IN ALL HISTORY The end of slavery started in what was then San
Domingo. In 1791, the enslaved people of the most prized French
sugar plantation colony revolted against their masters. For over
twelve years, against a backdrop of the French Revolution, they
fought an epic black liberation struggle for control of the island.
Theirs was the first and only successful slave revolution. It was
the creation of Haiti as a nation, the first independent black
republic outside of Africa, and an international inspiration to the
persecuted and enslaved. This is the impassioned and beautifully
drawn story of the Haitian Revolution and its incredible leader:
Toussaint Louverture. The text of this graphic novel is a play by
C. L. R. James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in
the title role. For the first time, black actors appeared on the
British stage in a work by a black playwright. The script had been
lost for almost seventy years when a draft copy was discovered
among James's archives. Now this extraordinary drama has been
reimagined by artists Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee.
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