Facing racial revolution eyewitness accounts of the haitian insurrection c2007 416 pages 11 halftones cloth 5400 isbn 978 0 226 67582 4 isbn 10 0 226 67582 3. In facing racial revolution jeremy d popkin unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more than a dozen accounts written by white colonists trying to come to grips with a world that had suddenly disintegrated these dramatic writings give us our most direct portrayal of the actions of the revolutionaries vividly depicting encounters with the uprisings leaders toussaint louverture boukman and jean jacques dessalines as well as putting faces on many of the anonymous . Popkins book brings to anglophone historians 24 of the most important eyewitness descriptions of the haitian revolution yet translations are not the only inte we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Inspired by the revolution that had recently roiled their french rulers black slaves and people of mixed race alike rose up against their oppressors in a bloody insurrection that led to the burning of the colonys largest city a bitter struggle against napoleons troops and in 1804 the founding of a free nation