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Laurent Dubois

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Laurent Dubois is an American historian whose work examines the Atlantic world, slavery, colonialism, and the history of Haiti and the French Caribbean. His books include Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution and A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, both published in 2004. His scholarship is relevant to readers studying the Haitian Revolution, emancipation, and the connections between European, African, Caribbean, and American history.

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What is Laurent Dubois’s Avengers of the New World about?

Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution is a history of the revolution that began in Saint-Domingue in 1791 and produced Haiti’s independence in 1804. Dubois connects the uprising to slavery, the French Revolution, colonial society, and the actions of enslaved people.

Does Laurent Dubois focus only on Haiti?

Haiti is central to his work, but he also studies the wider Atlantic world, French Caribbean slavery, colonialism, and the French Revolution. His book A Colony of Citizens examines citizenship and political conflict in the French Atlantic.

Why is the Haitian Revolution important in Laurent Dubois’s history?

It was the only successful large-scale revolution by enslaved people to establish an independent state. Dubois shows how events in Saint-Domingue challenged French imperial power and forced European and American governments to confront the meaning of freedom.

What sources does Laurent Dubois use to study the Haitian Revolution?

His work draws on revolutionary debates, colonial records, political writings, and testimony connected with enslaved and free people. He combines social history with Atlantic history to connect local events in Saint-Domingue to France, the Caribbean, and the wider Americas.

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