Sudhir Hazareesingh’s Black Spartacus is a thorough and enthralling history of Toussaint Louverture, the one-time enslaved man who led the successful slave revolt in Haiti, then went on to lead the island nation. The book has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award.
Sudhir Hazareesingh, Black Spartacus
