‘By cutting me down, Saint-Domingue has only broken the trunk of the tree of black freedom; it will grow back from its roots, for they are many and deep,’ declared Toussaint Louverture on 12 June 1802 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti. Spencer Platt ...

Kenyan police taking part in a U.N.-backed multinational force arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 16, 2024 (AP photo by Odelyn Joseph). Last week, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Federal Aviation Administration ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti’s capital that expired Monday has been extended to March 7, 2026, because of the risk that powerful ...

Born into slavery, Toussaint Louverture rose to lead a revolution that crushed Napoleon’s forces. His victories created the world’s first Black republic Scam kingpins who ran billion-dollar criminal ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indie outfit Louverture Films (Nickel Boys) will partner with Cinewax Films and USC Media to develop an audio series, animé series ...

Indie outfit Louverture Films (Nickel Boys) will partner with Cinewax Films and USC Media to develop an audio series, animé series and feature film based on the Black Caesar’s Revenge story. Joslyn ...

The 17th-century fort at Portobelo, built by enslaved laborers, overlooks the bay area where some of the earliest maroons settled after gaining their freedom. Alamy A dogged U.S. scholar has upended ...

Research for Bayard's "Triumph to Tragedy" five-book saga traces back to a Haitian ancestor from 1689 and explores Haiti from 1771 to 1845. Before gaining its independence, Haiti was known as ...

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Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci, to match.