While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and ...

As we continue to mark Black History Month, we're shining a light on Haiti's first and only king. From enslaved child to revolutionary war hero, Henry Christophe's life was anything but ordinary.

Henry Christophe (1767-1820) not only had himself proclaimed king of Haiti, he also created an aristocratic class loyal to him, one that he hoped would stabilize a factionalized nation perpetually ...

Among them were the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue, a corps of 545 Black and mixed-race soldiers from present-day Haiti, then the wealthiest colony in the New World. The plan to recapture ...

Marlene Daut, a historian and expert on the Haitian Revolution, is the author of “The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.” ...