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Black SpartacusConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 879, Segment 2

Feb 18, 2021 • 24m

Toussaint Louverture is known as the Father of Haiti. A former slave, and former slave owner, he studied both revolutionary European Enlightenment ideals and African theories of war, such as guerrilla warfare. By uniting the people of Saint-Domingue, he forged the path towards Haitian independence. Guest: Sudhir Hazareesingh, author of "Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture," and Lecturer in Politics at Bolliol College, Oxford University

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