![]() ![]() Many an hour was squandered, and many a page wasted, before James’ book was published by dishonest ‘historians’ attempting to whitewash the appalling brutality of chattel slavery and to rid the blacks of any agency in the events which ultimately ended their enslavement. Among the most important things that it did was to bring the attention of histories of slavery to the people most deserving of it: the slaves. The Black Jacobins is universally heralded as a definitive work, and there are many reasons for this. ![]() ![]() Published in 1938, CLR James’ masterpiece of Marxist historiography essentially opened up the serious study, not just of the Haitian Revolution, which created the first black state outside of Africa, but of the role of slaves as a revolutionary historical force. Owen Walsh of the Leeds Marxist society reviews CLR James’ masterpiece of Marxist historiography. Published in 1938, The Black Jacobins essentially opened up the serious study, not just of the Haitian Revolution, which created the first black state outside of Africa, but of the role of slaves as a revolutionary historical force. ![]()
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