BLACK SPARTACUS: THE EPIC LIFE OF TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE
Published by Allen Lane. Circa. 2020
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Haitian Revolution begain in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. Here, in all its drama, is the epic story of the world's first black superhero. Blue boards, white title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w & colour illustrations. xxvi and 427 pages including index.
3rd printing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, grubby scuff marks to rear panel.
ISBN: 9780241293812
Stock no. 1829266
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- CARIBBEAN
- BIOGRAPHY
- SLAVERY
