The Priest and the Prophetess
Book description
By 1791, the French Revolution had spread to Haiti, where slaves and free blacks alike had begun demanding civil rights guaranteed in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man. Enter Romaine-la-Prophetesse, a free black Dominican coffee farmer who dressed in women's clothes and claimed that the Virgin Mary was…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Priest and the Prophetess as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
it presents a different perspective on the Haitian revolution, based on serious research. The book is also very well written, a real pleasure to read.
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