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Summary: "When C.L.R. James's play "Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History" opened in London featuring Paul Robeson in 1936, it marked the first time black actors starred on the British stage in a play written by a black playwright. But after this groundbreaking play ended its run, the script was lost for almost seventy years. Then a draft copy was found among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 972.94 WATHazareesingh, Sudhir
Summary: "A biography of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE HAZSummary: The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EgaBell, Madison Smartt.
Summary: Presents a biography of Toussaint Louverture that captures the frequently contradictory and complex life of the leader of the late-eighteenth-century Haitian Revolution that became the only successful slave revolt in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.94 BELSummary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000