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050			_aF1923,W38 2023
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100			_aJames, CLR _97232
245		0	_aCLR James- Touissaint Louverture: _bThe story of the only successful slave revolt in history/ _cAdapted by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee
260			_bVerso Books; _c2023
300			_a272p; _c24x16cm
520			_aThe text of this graphic novel is a play by C. L. R. James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role. For the first time, black actors appeared on the British stage in a work by a black playwright. The script had been lost for almost seventy years when a draft copy was discovered among James’s archives. Now this extraordinary drama has been reimagined by artists Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee. The end of slavery started in what was then San Domingo. In 1791, the enslaved people of the most prized French sugar plantation colony revolted against their masters. For over twelve years, against a backdrop of the French Revolution, they fought an epic black liberation struggle for control of the island. Theirs was the first and only successful slave revolution. It was the creation of Haiti as a nation, the first independent black republic outside of Africa, and an international inspiration to the persecuted and enslaved. This is the impassioned and beautifully drawn story of the Haitian Revolution and its incredible leader: Toussaint Louverture.
546			_aEnglish; French
650			_aNC950-(996) Illustration _97233
650			_aFreedom fighter _97238
650			_aSlave rebellion _97241
651			_aHaiti _97242
655			_aGraphic novel _vYoung Adult _xNon-Fiction _97234
700			_aWatts, Nic _97235
700			_aKarimjee, Sakina _97236
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