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PBS Specials  Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian...

Haiti's revolution was the only successful slave insurrection in history Details

 

Program: PBS Specials

Episode: Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian...

Haiti's revolution was the only successful slave insurrection in history. It grasped the full meaning of French revolutionary ideas of liberte, eqalite, fraternite and used them to create the world's first Black republic.

Duration: (0:42)
Premiere Date: 08/20/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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