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The Kingdom of This World, Reimagined

Primary Source Collections

The following Adam Matthew Explorer databases contain historical resources and primary documents relating to the Haitian Revolution. Carlow University credentials are required to access and view material.

Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833–1969

Slavery, Abolition & Social Justice

American History, 1493–1945

Videos

The following videos from Academic Video Online can be viewed using Carlow University credentials.

Interview with Julius Scott, Professor of History, NYU

Julius Scott is interviewed about Haiti in 1790, Saint-Domingue as important trading post for the United States, and the effects of the Haitian Revolution in historical context.

Haitian Revolutions

John Green discusses how the enslaved population of Saint-Domingue, inspired by the American and French Revolutions, led their own fight for independence.

The Black Atlantic: 1500–1800

Through stories of individuals caught in the web of the transatlantic slave trade, The Black Atlantic traces the emergence of plantation slavery in the American South and examines what  the late 18th-century era of revolutions—American, French, and Haitian—would mean for African Americans and slavery in America.