Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom

by Paul Clammer

Book Overview

How did a Caribbean child, born into plantation slavery, come to defeat Napoleon's armies in battle and crown himself king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the story of Henry Christophe: one of the most remarkable, yet least known, figures from the Age of Revolution.

Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before rising to prominence during the Haitian Revolution as one of Toussaint Louverture's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787387798
• ISBN13: 9781787387799
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"