The Haitian Revolution’s legacy persists in the unfinished struggle for freedom

Evidence

Through such writings, through conversations, through rumors and nightmares and dreams, those who died for and lived through the Haitian Revolution became part of every society in the Atlantic world. They continue to speak to us, as founders in a long struggle for dignity and freedom that remains incomplete. In the mountains of Haiti, looming over the northern plain, over the ruins of Gallifet’s once prosperous plantation, Christophe’s Citadel is still standing watch. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1076

Categorization

Category: Connection Points

• CANDY: The closing image of Christophe’s Citadel standing watch over the ruins is a resonant, tweetable ending image for the whole revolution narrative.

Related

• The French Revolution would not have ended slavery without the Haitian revolt (similarity 0.82)
• Haiti’s revolution was suppressed from Western history while Haitians preserved it (similarity 0.80)
• The Haitian Revolution was itself largely an African revolution (similarity 0.80)
• Haitian emancipation was won via France then preserved by defeating France (similarity 0.79)
• Slave rebels sought freedom through alliance with France, not secession (similarity 0.78)
• To defend their freedom, Haitian ex-slaves had to surrender it to the state (similarity 0.78)