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Haiti was founderd by a righteous revolution in 1804 and became the first black republic. It was the first country to break the chains…

— Paul Farmer

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other…

— Madison Smartt Bell

“Even today, most US history textbooks tell the story of the Louisiana Purchase without admitting that slave revolution in Saint-Domingue made it possible. And…

— Edward E. Baptist

The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the…

— Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Slave rebellions, especially the [1791] Haitian Revolution, had an ongoing effect on the ways in which abolitionists talked about ending slavery.

— Manisha Sinha

Haiti is unique - the first successful slave revolt in history, the first black republic etc., and then when you get into the culture,…

— Ben Fountain

For two hundred years Haiti has been swimming upstream. We were the first country in which independence was won by a group of slaves…

— Michele Montas

Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish such a…

— Madison Smartt Bell

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200…

— Thabo Mbeki

The lessons are, unfortunately, that a small weak country that is facing an extremely hostile and very violent superpower will not make much progress…

— Noam Chomsky

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter…

— Noam Chomsky

If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of…

— Paul Farmer