LCC Reads: The Black Jacobins (Session 5)

Join us on the 22nd of December as we finish our reading of Cyril Lionel Robert James’ (CLR James) pioneering historical work of nonfiction, The Black Jacobins (Chapter 13 and the Appendix: From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Fidel Castro).

📍 Location: Shirker's Rest, 9 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6PP
🗓️ Date: 22nd of December
⏰ Time: 7:30

The book centres the narrative on the rise of Toussaint L’Ouverture, a former enslaved man who came to lead the rebellion, and tells the story of the uprising of enslaved people in Saint-Domingue that abolished both slavery and colonial rule, leading to the creation of the world’s first Black republic: Haiti.

Alongside a detailed examination of the brutal conditions of plantation slavery, The Black Jacobins traces how the revolt became a full-scale revolution and defeated three empires.

The Haitian Revolution remains a lasting beacon for Black liberation, anti-colonial, abolitionist and anti-authoritarian struggle around the world. We will be reading the book in five parts, each roughly consisting of around 50 pages.

Our final reading will encompass Chapter 13 and the Appendix: From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Fidel Castro

The text can be accessed for free here: https://politicaleducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CLR_James_The_Black_Jacobins.pdf

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