Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History.

JAMES, C.L.R. Adapted by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee.:

ISBN 10: 1788737903 / ISBN 13: 9781788737906

Published by London: Verso, 2023

About this Item

First Edition. Softcover. Small 4to. Graphic novel utizing the text of the play by C.L.R.James that opened in London with Paul Robeson in 1936. Illustrated by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee. 270pp. Signed by Nic Watts to inside cover.

Seller Inventory # 16267

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History.
• Publisher: London: Verso
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788737903
• ISBN 13: 9781788737906
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Comics.

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Synopsis

Longlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award

Winner of the American Book Award

Winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award

PERHAPS THE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE OPPRESSED OVER THEIR OPPRESSORS IN ALL HISTORY

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.

The 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.

About the Author

C.L.R. James was a Trinidadian historian, novelist, activist, and cultural and political critic. He wrote many books, including Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.

Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee are artists based in London. This is their first book.