The Making of Today: Francois Mackandal and Enslaved Resistance in Saint-Domingue, January-March 1758

In 1791 enslaved Africans and Afro-Caribbean peoples rose up in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, modern Haiti. However, the famous revolution of 1791 was far from the first slave revolt in Saint-Domingue. One earlier revolt, planned by the enigmatic Francois Mackandal, was found out resulting in Mackandal’s brutal execution on January 20 1758. Today we’ll

World History: The Haitian Revolution

A painting of the 1803 Battle of Vertieres On World History at the moment we’re looking at the Age of Revolution where from the late-1700s to the mid-1800s revolutions, (political, social, and economic), ended up drastically changing the world we live in. Today we’re looking at a unique revolution: the Haitian Revolution. This revolution saw