Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part One Jean-Jacques ca. 1758–1791
5. Chapter 1 You Have Your Own Language 9
6. Chapter 2 Un Mauvais Esclave 17
7. Part Two Dessalines 1791–1804
8. Chapter 3 He Felt Like He Was Born for War 33
9. Chapter 4 To Spill Our Blood . . . for the Freedom of the Nation 50
10. Chapter 5 The French People Will Never Forget Your Republican Virtues 69
11. Chapter 6 He Will Betray Them a Hundred Times 89
12. Chapter 7 I Will Remedy It by Force 116
13. Chapter 8 It Is Time to Teach the French That They Are Monsters 136
14. Chapter 9 The Eve of Making Our Executioners Disappear 152
15. Chapter 10 Liberté ou la Mort 172
16. Part Three Jacques I 1804–1806
17. Chapter 11 The Empire of Hayti Rises before the Eyes of the Astonished Universe 201
18. Chapter 12 Tears of Blood 224
19. Epilogue 237
20. Notes 245
21. Acknowledgments 327
22. Index 331