From 1798 to 1801, during the Haitian Revolution, President John Adams and Toussaint Louverture, forged diplomatic relations that empowered white Americans to embrace freedom and independence for people of color in Saint-Domingue, helping to bring forth a new nation: Haiti. This is the first book on the Adams-Louverture alliance.

RONALD ANGELO JOHNSON is the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History at Baylor University. He is the author of Diplomacy in Black and White: John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Their Atlantic World Alliance.