The storied leaders of the Haitian Revolution that erupted in 1791 and led to the country’s independence in 1804—Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Henry Christophe—are giants of world ...

Roi Henri Christophe Boulevard). “We know that he fought at the Battle of Savannah because one of his most important ministers wrote it in a book that he published on behalf of Christophe while ...

With a fleet of offshore French ships aiming their cannons at Haiti, President Jean-Pierre Boyer, who would reunite a divided Haiti after the tragic and sudden deaths of King Henry Christophe in ...

In October 1806, following the assassination of Haiti’s first head of state, the country was split into two, with Alexandre Pétion ruling in the south and Henry Christophe ruling in the north.

Experienced officials and foreign affairs experts from the five countries in the Western Hemisphere that are members of the G-20 (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States) assess, at ...

Grandin makes a compelling case for the intricate connections tying the United States to its southern neighbors. In bright, fluid prose, the historian argues that Latin American political thought and ...

Yale political scientist Milan Svolik has received a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to support his work on political polarization and democratic backsliding. Svolik, the Elizabeth S. & A. Varick ...

Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to cave in to hefty French demands to ...

Prices for Christophe Karel Henri de Nerée tot Babberich at auction go up to 47,880 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork ...