I’m a history teacher and this is why the Haitian Revolution is my favorite unit to teach. It empirically upends all previously held assumptions of progress springing from Eurocentric history. We’re a better world because of the Haitian Revolution and we’d be even better if we gave it its proper dues.
I’m a history teacher and this is why the Haitian Revolution is my favorite unit to teach. It empirically upends all previously held assumptions of progress springing from Eurocentric history. We’re a better world because of the Haitian Revolution and we’d be even better if we gave it its proper dues.