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The Artist (Formerly) Known as Louis Rigaud | Marlene L. Daut
In 1963, Yale University’s Peabody Museum accessioned seventeen nineteenth-century portraits of Haitian revolutionaries, heads of state, and military figures from the United States National Museum, an entity of the Smithsonian. That same year, Saul H. Riesenberg, a curator of ethnology at the U.S. National Museum, wrote to Cornelius Osgood, curator of anthropology at the Peabody, that he “had not been able to learn anything about the painter, L.
On Not Staying Silent about Florida's Attempt to Silence Haitian History | Marlene L. Daut
By MARLENE L. DAUT May is Haitian Heritage Month, and to honor our culture, I usually like to keep it positive with celebrations of Haitian history. However, I saw something a few days ago that reminded me that at times keeping things positive and staying silent is actually not the best response, especially when it comes to those who insist upon demonizing Haitian history and culture.
The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe
From Marlene L. Daut's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “The First and Last King of Haiti” On April 14, 1936, twenty-year-old Orson Welles directed his first major play. The production was an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast. Debuting in Harlem’s storied Lafayette Theatre on Seventh Avenue at 132nd Street, the play sold out every one of its 1,223 seats.
Comment la France a extorqué une «indemnité» colossale à Haïti en échange de son indépendance | Flipboard
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Il y a 200 ans, la France extorquait une " indemnité " à Haïti, dans l’un des plus grands braquages de l’histoire - et les Haïtiens veulent des réparations
En 1825, la France a extorqué à Haïti une « indemnité » colossale en échange de la reconnaissance de son indépendance. Deux siècles plus tard, les demandes de compensations restent lettre morte. En 2002, l’ancien président haïtien Jean-Bertrand Aristide a estimé que la France devait verser 21 milliards de dollars à son pays. La raison ? En 1825, la France a extorqué à la jeune nation une énorme « indemnité », en échange de la reconnaissance de son indépendance.
Haitians deserve reparations from France
By Marlene L. Daut Haitian Times https://haitiantimes.com/ In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for recognition of its independence. April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan.
Why Sheriffs’ Elections Matter
By Marlene L. Daut Haitian Times https://haitiantimes.com/ Four years ago, I drove to a small town in rural Missouri to meet the parents of Billy Ames, who were suing the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department over his death. An autopsy said the cause of death was a meth overdose, and jailers admitted they had strapped Ames to a restraint chair.
Haitians deserve reparations from France
In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for recognition of its independence. April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan.
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
The storied leaders of the Haitian Revolution that erupted in 1791 and led to the country’s independence in 1804—Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Henry Christophe—are giants of world history and, at the same time, tragically flawed military despots who contributed to their country’s perpetual troubles.
How France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists — and Haitians want reparations
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for recognition of its independence.
Francia extorsionó a Haití en uno de los mayores robos de la historia y los haitianos exigen reparaciones
En 2002, el ex presidente de Haití Jean-Bertrand Aristide argumentó que Francia debía pagar a su país 21.000 millones de dólares. ¿El motivo? En 1825, Francia extrajo una enorme indemnización de la joven nación, a cambio del reconocimiento de su independencia. El 17 de abril de 2025 se cumplen 200 años del acuerdo de indemnización.
200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists - and Haitians want reparations
By Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the Caribbean nation’s calls for restitution are becoming harder to ignore. Read complete article © The Conversation -
200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists - and Haitians want reparations Original
In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US22 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for recognition of its independence. April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan.
200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations | Flipboard
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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists - and Haitians want reparations
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The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
The Shakespearean drama of Haitian revolutionary Henry Christophe’s life is revealed in all its glorious color and complexity in Marlene L. Daut’s superb The First and Last King of Haiti.A product of more than a decade of research, this stout biography is a shimmering synthesis of his life within the rebellious milieu of Saint-Domingue/Haiti in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Haiti: The failed return of French domination
One hundred days. That is how long Napoléon Bonaparte lasted after overthrowing Louis XVIII in March 1815 following the first Bourbon Restoration. One hundred days. That is how the French king lost France’s penultimate attempt to recover its erstwhile colony. One hundred days alone stood between the uncertainty of Haiti’s eleven-year standoff with France and the Haitian king’s emergence as the triumphant victor against the greatest army the world thought it ever saw. Again.
The First and Last Queen of Haiti in Exile
Although the queen had stood by Henry Christophe’s side since the earliest days of the Haitian Revolution, and eventually outlived most of her immediate family, dying in 1851, hardly any of the kingdom’s many chroniclers bothered to consult her tale. Much later, while living in exile in Italy — as one of the only “black faces,” in her words — she at last told her story to a British acquaintance, a frequent visitor at the former palace.
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
An exiled revolutionary, André Rigaud’s return to the island of his birth changed Haiti’s political destiny. Was he sent back to help reinstate slavery? His enemies would have us believe so. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.
How Haiti Destroyed Slavery and Led the Way to Freedom throughout the Atlantic World
The first land to be colonized in the Americas was Haiti. Europeans first enslaved native Americans and captive Africans there, too. But the first permanent abolition of slavery also happened on Haiti, in 1804: 220 years ago this month. Such abolition only occurred in the rest of the Americas later, much, much later. Haiti’s radical defeat of French colonizers and enslavers—which opened the door for slavery to be outlawed everywhere in the Atlantic World—is not how abolition is remembered today.
EL NAPOLEÓN QUE NO VIMOS
Los críticos han señalado las numerosas inexactitudes históricas de la nueva película de Ridley Scott sobre Napoleón Bonaparte. Como estudiosa del colonialismo francés y la esclavitud, que estudia la ficción histórica, o la ficcionalización de acontecimientos reales, me molestaron mucho menos la mayoría de las libertades tomadas en Napoleón, aunque disparar cañones a las pirámides ya era excesivo.
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies. As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction, or the fictionalization of real events, I was much less bothered by most of the liberties taken in “Napoleon” — although shooting cannons at the pyramids did seem like one indulgence too far. I have argued elsewhere that historical fictions need not necessarily be judged by adherence to facts.
The Napoléon Ridley Scott Glossed Over
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies. As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction, or the fictionalization of real events, I was much less bothered by most of the liberties taken in “Napoleon” – although shooting cannons at the pyramids did seem like one indulgence too far. I have argued elsewhere that historical fictions need not necessarily be judged by adherence to facts.
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
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The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies . As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction , or the fictionalization of real events, I was much less bothered by most of the liberties taken in “Napoleon” – although shooting cannons at the pyramids did seem like one indulgence too far .
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
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The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see Original
Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies. As a scholar of French colonialism and slavery who studies historical fiction, or the fictionalization of real events, I was much less bothered by most of the liberties taken in “Napoleon” – although shooting cannons at the pyramids did seem like one indulgence too far. I have argued elsewhere that historical fictions need not necessarily be judged by adherence to facts.
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
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The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
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New Book: Marlene Daut’s Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution
University of North Carolina Press. The Haitian Revolution was a powerful blow against colonialism and slavery, and as its thinkers and fighters blazed the path to universal freedom, they forced anticolonial, antislavery, and antiracist ideals into modern political grammar. The first state in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery, outlaw color prejudice, and forbid colonialism, Haitians established their nation in a hostile Atlantic World.
Did You Know About The Haitian Revolutionary Who Changed The Course Of The World When He Ended Slavery And Declared Haitian Independence?
After more than two hundred years of French slavery and colonial rule, Haiti broke free and emerged as the first nation to outlaw slavery and the slave trade in 1804. On the anniversary of the death of Haiti’s revolutionary founder, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, ESSENCE wants to make sure you know how he used all his might to destroy slavery and cement Haitian independence. In 1758, Dessalines was born to an enslaved mother in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today Haiti).
Black Agenda Report
Remembering Randall Robinson: Black internationalist, anti-imperialist, and friend of Haiti. On March 24, 2023, Randall Robinson died at the age of 81. In his many obituaries, he will be remembered as a “human rights advocate, author, and law professor,” as well as “founder of TransAfrica,” and author of The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.
What's the Path Forward for Haiti?
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As the international community contemplates another armed intervention, a reckoning with history is long overdue. By Marlene L. Daut, The New Yorker — “What happened to the Creole pigs is a cancer for Haiti,” a woman explains in “Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy,” a documentary from 2009.
What’s the Path Forward for Haiti? Original
“They could have saved a small reserve of pigs,” Yolette Etienne, of the National Campaign Against Violence, a Haitian nonprofit, says, in the film. “But the American government demanded total and complete eradication of the entire race of pigs that we had.” Foreign pigs arrived in Haiti, but they were vulnerable to disease and ill-suited to the climate, and proved unable to survive. The country’s pork industry was effectively destroyed, and the Creole pig went extinct.
We Love How 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Honors Haiti
Yale historian Marlene Daut breaks down the meaningful references to Haiti and its revolutionary spirit in the blockbuster Marvel film. Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever” immerses us once more in the fictional African Kingdom of Wakanda, a Black refuge from the predatory nation states of Europe and the United States.
Inside the Kingdom of Haiti, 'the Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere'
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As a historian of Haitian literature and culture, I was excited to learn that Haiti plays a central role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” There are two lengthy scenes that take place in the Caribbean nation and feature original footage shot in the country.
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France Rediscovers Parliamentary Politics
“We beat him,” boasted left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “He has no majority. And since he has no principles, he’s already starting to belly dance in front of anyone who wants to help him govern.
When France extorted Haiti - the greatest heist in history
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the tune of nearly $30 billion in today’s money. By Marlene Daut, The Conversion — Much of the reparations debate has revolved around whether the United States and the United Kingdom should finally compensate some of their citizens for the economic and social costs of slavery that still linger today.
What the French Really Owe Haiti
Last month, The New York Times made headlines with its front-page series about the billions (in today’s dollars) that France forced Haiti to pay following centuries of slavery. Despite the terrors and tortures of French colonialism, the Haitian revolutionaries won their independence from France in 1804 to become the first modern nation to permanently abolish slavery.
Let's Set The History Record Straight. We Can't Excuse Racists Like Thomas Jefferson As Just Being "Men Of Their Time."
“While the US founders, most of whom were enslavers, were by turns too cowardly, depraved, or self-interested to end slavery, Haiti’s founders, like Jean-Jacques Dessalines, saw “liberty” and “equality” as more than just pretty slogans,” says historian Marlene Daut. | Getty Images By Marlene L. Daut, Ph.D · Updated February 24, 2022 Photo Credit: ESSENCE I’m a professor of Black Studies at the University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819.
When France extorted Haiti - the greatest heist in history
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4 Haitian Novels That Beautifully Blend History, Memory and Reality
By Marlene Daut, University of Virginia Following the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the U.N. and U.S. send troops to help stabilize the nation, many Haitian activists and artists recoiled at the prospect of yet another outside intervention. The Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat is one artist who has repeatedly railed against past U.S. occupations of Haiti. In her foreword to Jan J.
Resurrecting A Lost Palace of Haiti
I visited Dominican artist Firelei Báez’s large-scale installation of King Henry Christophe of Haiti’s famous 19th-century palace during the final weekend of its exhibition at Boston’s ICA Watershed.
Haiti Isn't Cursed. It Is Exploited.
Haiti has suffered one blow after another this year. Before a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated the country’s southern peninsula in August—and a tropical storm caused severe flooding days later— media outlets reported on the July assassination of the nation’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Appeals for the United States to send aid to Haiti abounded. Such calls for assistance are not new—and do not reflect any particular interest in “helping” Haitians.
Four Haitian-authored novels that guide readers through the country’s history and reality
Following the July 7 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the United Nations and the United States send troops to help stabilise the nation, many Haitian activists and artists recoiled at the prospect of yet another outside intervention. The Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat is one artist who has repeatedly railed against past US occupations of Haiti.
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