Kedon Willis

Kedon Willis is a professor of Latin American and Caribbean Literature at CUNY City College. Follow him on Twitter : @KedonWillis

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How Toussaint Louverture Orchestrated History's Most Famous Slave Revolt
Latin American & Caribbean History

How Toussaint L’ouverture Rose from Slavery to Lead the Haitian Revolution

Pushing back aggressions by Europe's greatest powers, Haiti's 'founding father' set the stage for the world's first sovereign Black state.

Watercolor painting of an American revolutionary soldier with a long rifle at the edge of the sea with several sailboats and dingys behind him, all part of a landing party
American Revolution

What Role Did the Caribbean Play in the Revolutionary War?

The region became a base for competing colonial powers to pick off valuable British territories and interfere in the war.