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By C. L. R. James,Christian Høgsbjerg

ISBN-10: 0822353032

ISBN-13: 9780822353034

ISBN-10: 0822353148

ISBN-13: 9780822353140

In 1934 C. L. R. James, the commonly recognized Trinidadian highbrow, author, and political activist, wrote the play Toussaint Louverture: the tale of the single profitable Slave rebellion in History, which used to be presumed misplaced till the rediscovery of a draft replica in 2005. The play's creation, played in 1936 at London's Westminster Theatre with a solid together with the yank famous person Paul Robeson, marked the 1st time black expert actors starred at the British level in a play written via a black playwright. This version comprises this system, images, and stories from that construction, a contextual advent and editorial notes at the play through Christian Høgsbjerg, and chosen essays and letters by way of James and others. In Toussaint Louverture, James demonstrates the total tragedy and heroism of Louverture via displaying how the Haitian innovative chief is stuck in a dramatic clash bobbing up from the contradiction among the barbaric realities of latest global slavery and the trendy beliefs of the Enlightenment. In his portrayal of the Haitian Revolution, James aspired to vindicate black accomplishments within the face of racism and to help the fight for self-government in his local Caribbean. Toussaint Louverture is an integral significant other paintings to The Black Jacobins (1938), James's vintage account of Haiti's progressive fight for liberation.

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