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... the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804
Off topic for book thread, but the Revolutions podcast on Haiti is the dogs bollox. I got addicted. Following the series felt a bit like my initial excitement with Breaking Bad, where no character is a hero but rather a flawed individual facing his unique set of obstacles, and with it his own set of moral dilemmas.
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Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast is fantastic and will take you through the entire Haitian revolution as well as placing it within the global context. Highly recommend it.
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Not sure how into history people are, but I found this interesting:
The Black Jacobins by C. L. R. James.
It's a history of the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804, which isn't something many people know about. It was written in the 1930s, so you can feel those issues in the background. It also challenges a lot of the common misconceptions around the anti-slavery movement in GB and France.