Why doesHaitian History matters. The context: blood, bondage,sweet and tears. The rape of African continent. The slaves trade. Black code. The winds of revolution. Portraits of the protagonists: les Marrons, Bookman, Louverture, Dessalines, Bonaparte, Leclerc Etc.. The Haitian war of independence :David against Goliath.

The first fights reveal the military talents of a 48 - year-old named Francois Toussaint l’ouverture. He receive a basic education. When the insurrection broke out, he didn’t take long for him to demonstrate his courage and his talents as a strategist. I invite to pay attention to the narration.

TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE. Part 1

History is important because it helps us as individual understand why our current society reflect the action of the past. The colony was before the revolution, the most prosperous of the French overseas possession thanks to its coffee and sugar cane plantations ands its many slaves.

Haitian Revolution

La France occupant l’île (St Domingue, Haiti) a voulu faire fructifier les terres , voyons ensemble ce qui arrivera. Prêtons attention au récit......