Awakening the Ashes of Haitian Anti-colonialism

Revisiting Haitian history with Professor Marlene Daut

In Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution, Professor Marlene Daut traces the modern understanding of freedom and equality to Haiti. I thought today would be a good time to re-share my conversation with her, which I first published last year. The history Professor Daut details, not just of the injustice Haitians have suffe…