Virtue, Terror and Slavery in France and Haiti

Tuesday, November 8, 2022


18th Century Oil on Canvas thought to be a portrait of Ottabah Cugoana

Read before class:

  • Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (CP 67-73)
  • Robespierre, “Speech on the Principles of Political Morality” (CP 74-77)
  • Ottabah Cugoana, “Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery” (CP 78-81)
  • Toussaint L’Ouverture, Final Declaration 1801 (CP 82-83)
  • Anonymous, “The Revolution in Saint-Dominique…” (CP 84-90)
  • Wordsworth, To Toussaint L’Ouverture (CP 91)