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It raises a question about the new philosophic construction of haitiand its revolutionas an originary or exemplary moment of human rights, less to impugn universality as such than to caution that it is always important to ask about the ideological construction of the. Toussaint was not fooled by the spanish, and his decision was. The entire structure of what was arguably the most profitable colony in the world rested on the labour of half a million slaves. James, a history of the haitian revolution of 17911804. Black jacobins was printed by the british publishing house seckel warburg as addressing the only successful slave revolt in history.
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