By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the world. It was a central part of the destruction of slavery in the Americas, and therefore a crucial moment in the history of democracy, one that laid the foundation for the continuing struggles for human rights everywhere. In this sense we are all descendents of the Haitain Revolution, and responsible to these ancestors.
Laurent DuboisTags: democracy revolution haiti human-rights haitian-revolution
Tags: history haiti haitian-revolution
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his people, he never had the illusion that it conferred any moral superiority. He knew French, British, and Spanish imperialists for the insatiable gangsters that they were, that there is no oath too sacred for them to break, no crime, deception, treachery, cruelty, destruction of human life and property which they would not commit against those who could not defend themselves.
C.L.R. JamesTags: imperialism french-revolution haitian-revolution san-domingo
The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.
C.L.R. JamesTags: haiti french-revolution haitian-revolution san-domingo
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