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Background context to the Haitian Revolution

1. The Intellectual Context: "The Discovery of Ignorance" and The Enlightenment

   1. The Enlightenment’s Dark Side: How the Enlightenment created modern race thinking, and why we should confront it. (Slate.com)

2. The International Slave System and Modern Capitalism

   1. Enslavement and Industrialisation (BBC/History)

   2. The Birth of Race-Based Slavery (Slate.com)

3.  The First Wave of European Colonialism

   1. An introduction to the Caribbean, empire and slavery (British Library)

4. War and Revolution in Haiti: The Military and Social Story from Saint-Domingue to Haiti

   1. The Other Revolution: Haiti, 1789-1804 (The John Carter Brown Library)

   2. The Bittersweet Victory at Saint-Domingue (Slate.com)

Background context to the French Revolution

1. Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité: Exploring the French Revolution

2. French Revolution | History.com

3. Women of the French Revolution | Library of Congress

4. Internet Modern History Sourcebook  French Revolution