The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on the Atlantic Slave Trade

Haiti did not have the economic or military power to export its revolution beyond its own shores. But it had shown that freedom could be more than an idea praised in books of philosophy. Free black intellectuals in the United States were thrilled by the independence of Haiti. The next chapter of this story cannot be told without discussing a man who was one of Toussaint's soldiers and went on to be among the first to reflect on achievements, says Baron de Vaté.