"The leader of the only successful slave revolt in history, Toussaint Louverture is seen by many to be one of the greatest anti-imperialist fighters who ever lived. Born into slavery on a Caribbean plantation, he helped lead an army of former enslaved Africans to victory against the professional armies of France, Spain and Britain in the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Louverture's fascinating life is explored here through the prism of his radical politics. His revolutionary legacy has inspired millions in the two centuries since his death. This book provides the perfect starting point for anyone interested in the roots of modern-day resistance movements and black political radicalism today."--Back cover.

Charles Forsdick is the James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. He is author of Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity and Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader. Christian Høgsbjerg is a historian at Leeds University Centre for African Studies. He is author of C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain, editor of James's 1934 play, Toussaint Louverture, and co-editor of The Black Jacobins Reader.