Toussaint Louverture

Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French, University of Liverpool. He is co-author of Toussaint Louverture (Pluto, 2017), author of Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity and Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures (Oxford University Press 2005) and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader (Duke University Press, 2017).Christian Hogsbjerg is a historian who works for the Centre for African Studies at the University of Leeds. He is author of C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain (Duke University Press, 2014), co-author of Toussaint Louverture (Pluto, 2017) and editor of Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, James's 1934 play about the Haitian Revolution, and World Revolution 1917-1936, James's 1937 history of the Communist International and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader (Duke University Press, 2017).

'A spirited, nuanced profile of this great revolutionary leader. The book provides a fascinating analysis of the range of reactions to Toussaint, from Wordsworth in 1802 to contemporary comic books and rap'

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Toussaint Unchained: c.1743-912. Making an Opening to Liberty: 1791-933. Black Jacobin Ascending: 1793-984. The Black Robespierre: 1798-18025. The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall...: 1801-036. ...One and All: 1804-NotesIndex