C. L. R. James’s Black Spartacus and the Mediterranean

Ever since the publication of Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic almost thirty years ago i
Ever since the publication of Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic almost thirty years ago i
Toussaint Louverture is celebrated by some as a saint worthy of his namesake. Recent work by historian Philippe Girard paints a less saintly portrait of this seminal figure of the Haitian Revolution.