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Black Crown

- Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom
Af: Paul Clammer Engelsk Hardback

Black Crown

- Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom
Af: Paul Clammer Engelsk Hardback
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The epic story of a man born into Caribbean slavery, who defeated Napoleon’s armies and crowned himself a free black king.

How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon’s invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the forgotten, remarkable story of Henry Christophe.

Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before serving in the Haitian Revolution as one of Toussaint Louverture’s top generals. Following Haitian independence, Christophe crowned himself King Henry I. His attempts to build a modern black state won the support of leading British abolitionists—but his ambition helped to plunge his country into civil war.

Christophe saw himself as an Enlightenment ruler, and his kingdom produced great literary works, epic fortresses and opulent palaces. He was a proud anti-imperialist and fought off French plots against him. Yet the Haitian people chafed under his authoritarian rule. Today, all that remains is Christophe’s mountaintop Citadelle, Haiti’s sole World Heritage site—a monument to a revolutionary black monarchy, in a world of empire and slavery.

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The epic story of a man born into Caribbean slavery, who defeated Napoleon’s armies and crowned himself a free black king.

How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon’s invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the forgotten, remarkable story of Henry Christophe.

Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before serving in the Haitian Revolution as one of Toussaint Louverture’s top generals. Following Haitian independence, Christophe crowned himself King Henry I. His attempts to build a modern black state won the support of leading British abolitionists—but his ambition helped to plunge his country into civil war.

Christophe saw himself as an Enlightenment ruler, and his kingdom produced great literary works, epic fortresses and opulent palaces. He was a proud anti-imperialist and fought off French plots against him. Yet the Haitian people chafed under his authoritarian rule. Today, all that remains is Christophe’s mountaintop Citadelle, Haiti’s sole World Heritage site—a monument to a revolutionary black monarchy, in a world of empire and slavery.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 392
ISBN-13: 9781787387799
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1787387798
Kategori: Haiti
Udg. Dato: 19 jan 2023
Længde: 37mm
Bredde: 169mm
Højde: 241mm
Forlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 19 jan 2023
Forfatter(e): Paul Clammer
Forfatter(e) Paul Clammer

Kategori Haiti

ISBN-13 9781787387799

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 392

Udgave

Længde 37mm

Bredde 169mm

Højde 241mm

Udg. Dato 19 jan 2023

Oplagsdato 19 jan 2023

Forlag C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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