The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Quverture and the San Domingo Revolution by CLR James (Seeker & Warburg, 1938)
One of the great uprisings, the Haitian Revolution – which ended with – written by Trinidadian journalist and political activist CLR James – remains an essential account of this extraordinary revolution, and I've had the honour of writing a new introduction for the 2022 modern classics edition of the book.
