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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

As of 2025, new resources on this page include "Women in the Haitian Revolution" from the United States Library of Congress and six notable Haitian women were added througu the source for many of the direct quotes throughout the Timeline. Historical maps, sketches and paintings in the Timeline are primarily drawn from Wikimedia Commons. Photos are by Kona Shen.


As of 2022, this page includes more recent articles and analyses that may help readers understand the links between the Haitian Revolution and Haiti today. If you click on just one of these links, check out Woy Magazine, which is one of the best sites about Haiti's current events, culture, and history.


As of 2025, new resources on this page include "Women in the Haitian Revolution" from the United States Library of Congress and six notable Haitian women were added throughout the timeline.

Family walking in the mountains outside of Leogane, Haiti. Photo credit: Kona Shen.

BOOKS

  • Dayan, Joan. Haiti, History and the Gods. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
  • Debien, G. Plantations et Esclaves à Saint-Domingue. Dakar: Publications de la Section d’Histoire, 1962.
  • Dupuy, Alex. Haiti in the New World Order: the Limits of the Democratic Revolution. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997.
  • Dupuy, Alex. Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment Since 1700. Boulder: Westview Press, 1989.
  • Fick, Carolyn E. The Making of Haiti: the Saint Domingue Revolution from Below. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000.
  • Haggerty, Richard A., ed. Haiti: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989. 
  • James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Random House, 1963.
  • Reiss, Tom. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Random House, 2012.
  • Tavares K., Juan Tomás. Los Indios de Quisqueya. Santo Domingo: Editora de Santo Domingo, S.A., 1976.
  • Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. Haiti, State Against Nation: the Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1990.

A beach in Destra, a rural area near Leogane, Haiti. Photo credit: Kona Shen

ARTICLES

  • Daut, Marlene. "All the Devils are Here: How the visual history of the Haitian Revolution misrepresents Black suffering and death." Lapham's Quarterly. October 2020.
  • Elliott, Justin and Laura Sullivan. "How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Build Six Homes." Propublica and NPR. June 2015. 
  • Katz, Jonathan. "What's new (and what isn't) in the NYT's big Haiti story." The Racket. May 23, 2022.
  • Maclean, Frances. “The Lost Fort of Columbus.” Smithsonian. Jan 2008. 19 Nov 2008.
  • Porter, Catherine et al. "The Roots of Haiti's Misery: Reparations to Enslavers." New York Times. May 23, 2022. 
  • Wilentz, Amy. "The New York Times Corrects Lousy Haiti Coverage in … The New York Times." The New Republic. May 25, 2022.
  • "Women in the Haitian Revolution." Library of Congress. February 28, 2025.

Riviere Grand Anse. Photo credit: Kona Shen

WEBSITES

  • “The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.” Yale Law School. 20 Nov 2008.
  • “The Louverture Project.” 7 Apr 2008. The Louverture Project. 5 Nov 2008.
  • “The World Factbook: Haiti.” 4 Dec 2008. Central Intelligence Agency. 1 Dec 2008.
  • “University Libraries: Haiti.” 2008. University of Colorado at Boulder. 15 Nov 2008.
  • “Wikimedia Commons.” 8 Dec 2008. Wikimedia Commons 2 Dec 2008.
  • "Woy Magazine—Haiti Through Our Voices." Woy Magazine. 2022.
  • “Mapping Early Haitian History.” 16 Dec., 2018. Paul Clammer. 

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