Overlapping United States and Haitian Flags. via Getty Images.
The Haitian Revolution began in 1791, the year the Bill of Rights was ratified in the US Constitution and in the midst of the French Revolution. The fact that it began as a slave rebellion created a very dynamic political and diplomatic situation for the new United States, a slave holding country itself. Often times, we can glean much information by using World Historical events as a mirror to understand our own country.
- Professor J. Smith.
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by 
From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International Since the Age of Revolution by 
The Unfinished Revolution: Haiti, Black Sovereignty and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World by These books are located on the 3rd floor of the LRC and are available to check out for 3 weeks at a time. Show your GWC Student ID at the Public Services Desk (2nd Floor) to take them out of the library.
The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 by 
Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents by They are great for finding all types of resources in one place and include both primary and secondary sources.
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