The Revolution of Saint-Domingue: Slavery and the Struggle for Freedom in the Caribbean

Name: The Revolution of Saint-Domingue: Slavery and the Struggle for Freedom in the Caribbean
Start: 2026-11-24T13:15:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-24T14:45:00.000Z
Location: Universität Zürich Irchel

Lecture on the successful slave rebellion in Haiti in 1791 and its world-historical significance.

Date

Tuesday 24 November

14:15 – 15:45

Venue

Universität Zürich Irchel

Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

German

About

Automatically translated from German

Prof. Dr. Roberto Zaugg from the University of Zurich's History Department discusses the 1791 slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue, the largest and only successful slave uprising in the New World. He explores how hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, many with military experience from Africa, rose up against plantation owners and French colonial authorities, ultimately leading to the abolition of slavery. The lecture is held in German.

Organiser · Senior:innen-Universität Zürich UZH3

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