In this first installment of his epic Haitian trilogy, Madison Smartt Bell brings to life a decisive moment
in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The slave uprising in Haiti was a momentous contribution to the
tide of revolution that swept over the Western world at the end of the 1700s. A brutal rebellion that strove to
overturn a vicious system of slavery, the uprising successfully transformed Haiti from a European colony to the
world's first Black republic. From the center of this horrific maelstrom, the heroic figure of Toussaint Louverture--a
loyal, literate slave and both a devout Catholic and Vodouisant--emerges as the man who will take the merciless
fires of violence and vengeance and forge a revolutionary war fueled by liberty and equality.
Bell assembles a kaleidoscopic portrait of this seminal movement through a tableau of characters that encompass
black, white, male, female, rich, poor, free and enslaved. Pulsing with brilliant detail, All Soul's Rising provides
a visceral sense of the pain, terror, confusion, and triumph of revolution.
Table of Contents
Pt. I Bois Cayman (August 1791)
Pt. II Leur Cafe Au Caramel (August-November 1791)
Pt. III Exchange of Prisoners (November 1791-April 1792)
Pt. IV Illumination (August 1792-June 1793)