Free men of color from the French colony of Saint-Domingue — what is now Haiti — fought in the American Revolution. And, as Presendieu noted, ...

Indeed, the Republic of Haiti, which was proclaimed on January 1, 1804, by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines after his rebel forces won against a French expeditionary corps that arrived in Saint ...

Rewriting the history of Haiti has long been standard practice in Saint-Domingue's former colonial power. As late as March 2000, former French president Jacques Chirac argued that, “Haiti was ...

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to mark the 200th anniversary of Haiti’s independence debt to France by announcing a series of initiatives. But will they be enough?

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the Caribbean nation’s calls for restitution are becoming harder to ignore.

After the Battle of Savannah, Christophe traveled to Saint-Domingue, a French colony that was producing sugar, coffee, and indigo through the labor of enslaved persons. In 1791, a revolution erupted — ...

Haitian Author’s Decade-Long Odyssey Uncovers The Nation’s Triumphant, Tragic Past In 5-Book Series. Research for Bayard's "Triumph to Tragedy" five-book saga traces back to a Haitian ancestor ...

The Worst Winter. Season 2 Episode 1 | 56m 26s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions | AD CC. Marie Antoinette and Louis embrace modern rule, but enemies lurk everywhere, even in Versailles ...

While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and repeated for political gains, a new book argues.

A former slave, he led the revolt in Saint Domingue between 1791– 1802 that resulted in Haitian independence. As a self-taught military commander, he was ever present in the fight, adapting his ...

Today, as we look back on 2024 and prepare for the year ahead, many of us stand to learn from the long traditions of Haitians and Black Americans for whom New Year’s practices honor the ...

Vodou – also commonly known as “voodoo” – is a monotheistic folk religion that originated in the 16th and 17th centuries among Africans who had been abducted and enslaved from near modern ...