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haitian revolution

A Dominican soldier stands by a 118-mile border wall the Dominican Republic built to keep out Haitian migrants / credit: La Prensa Latina

The Long History of Anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic

Yanis Iqbal January 5, 2022 Yanis Iqbal

The Dominican Republic's continued maintenance of an exclusionary project like a 118-mile border wall indicates it is fundamentally anti-people in nature, using centuries of anti-Haiti sentiment to deflect the public’s attention from its destructive, market-oriented economic policies, writes Yanis Iqbal.

Book Review: ‘Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games’

Danny Shaw August 27, 2021 Danny Shaw

In this book, historian Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall explores how the 1804 Haitian Revolution has been misrepresented and censored on screen.

Book Review: ‘Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture’

Danny Shaw May 21, 2021 Danny Shaw

"Black Spartacus" is a rigorous history of Louverture’s undying spirit and prodigious work for the Haitian people's emancipation.

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