The audience for the paper is the people in the class. The goal is to make the reader see the seriousness of the issues at hand. For citations, please use footnotes in accord with guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style. Advice is to use quotes sparingly.

For this paper, please take a position on the following statement:

The Haitian Revolution was a seminal event in the Atlantic world. In taking a position on this claim. You will need to carve out your own thesis and support your position. You need only consult 2 texts, Laurent Dubois’s AVENGERS OF THE NEW WORLD and Susan Buck-Morss’s HEGEL, HAITI, AND UNIVERSAL HISTORY.

ESSAY should be both a sharp and nuanced piece of historical analysis and a powerful reflection on the concepts that were developed out of an enslaved people’s struggle to free themselves from violent capitalist and colonial rule.

ESSAY should also cover the entire historical sweep in Saint-Domingue, from before the revolution to after it, explaining which factors and forces drove this historical transformation and assessing what was achieved through the massive rebellion.