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By 1791, the French Revolution had spread to Haiti, where slaves and free blacks alike had begun demanding civil rights guaranteed in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man. Enter Romaine-la-Prophetesse, a free black Dominican coffee farmer who dressed in women's clothes and claimed that the Virgin Mary was…
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1 author picked The Priest and the Prophetess as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
it presents a different perspective on the Haitian revolution, based on serious research. The book is also very well written, a real pleasure to read.
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