Happy Black History Month Everybody!

[Valmy]

I'll eat some fried chicken and watermelon.

I find this very offensive.

Neither Haiti nor France grew significant amounts of Watermelon during the Revolution

[Eddie Teach]

Watermelon is healthier than eating pure sugar cane.

[Valmy]

Watermelon is healthier than eating pure sugar cane.

But less profitable

[Oexmelin]

Valmy, I am curious: what have been your sources on the history of Haiti?

[Lettow77]

So brave 

In a just world, he would have lingered but a short time longer with the French Military and suppressed the Algerian insurrection with Le Pen.

As it is, there is every reason to hope and believe his half-Vietnamese daughter will restore the House of her father over the good people of Central Africa and regenerate that troubled land.

[Duque de Bragança]

We needed a Bokassa reference on Languish! 
Thanks Lettow! 

[Valmy]

Valmy, I am curious: what have been your sources on the history of Haiti?

I have read two books in my life about Haitian Revolution:

1. This children's book I had as a kid:

2. The Black Jacobins

I have, of course, seen it covered numerous times in books about the French Revolution and Napoleon though.

Mike Duncan is covering it presently in his podcast: http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/

Do you have any recommendations?

[11B4V]

BHM,  time to celebrate at taco bell.

[Valmy]

BHM,  time to celebrate at taco bell.

What does BHM have to do with tacky border food fast food joints?

[Eddie Teach]

Maybe it's attached to a KFC.

[Oexmelin]

I have read two books in my life about Haitian Revolution

I think it is awesome, on both counts. I did not know about the illustrated book. I will also check the podcast.

I was curious, because want to know what filtered out in the general public in the US about the Haitian Revolution. I teach a class on the French and Haitian Revolutions and was debating separating them into two different courses, and was wondering about the draw of the HR for students.

[LaCroix]

only people I can see being especially interested by haitian revolution are black students, for the most part. if there's a sizable black community on your campus, go for it. but otherwise, I don't think students would care much about HR to take a course on it. I'd keep it together, maybe have a section on it with direct comparisons to FR. also, a class or two on why the american revolution succeeded versus the FR would be worthwhile (americans kept the structure of their society; was more an external revolution than internal, while the FR was more internal, which led to impact on foreign relations).

[Oexmelin]

(americans kept the structure of their society; was more an external revolution than internal, while the FR was more internal, which led to impact on foreign relations).

its a good thing a came across this, otherwise, I would never have known what is the right thing to say in the classes I teach at the college level.

[LaCroix]

its a good thing a came across this, otherwise, I would never have known what is the right thing to say in the classes I teach at the college level.

with the quality of some college level courses, you can never be too sure 

plus for anyone else reading the thread. for me, that was one of the more interesting things I learned from an undergrad history course

[Eddie Teach]

Those who can't legally operate guillotines, teach courses on the French Revolution.