In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.
Mar 14, 2016•39 min•Season 4Ep. 14
From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.
Mar 07, 2016•38 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.
Feb 29, 2016•36 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.
Feb 22, 2016•32 min•Season 4Ep. 11
By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.
Feb 15, 2016•38 min•Season 4Ep. 10
From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.
Feb 08, 2016•38 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.
Feb 01, 2016•37 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.
Jan 25, 2016•35 min•Season 4Ep. 7
The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.
Jan 18, 2016•37 min•Season 4Ep. 6
With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792.
Jan 11, 2016•37 min•Season 4Ep. 5
First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted.
Jan 04, 2016•36 min•Season 4Ep. 4
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so.
Dec 21, 2015•37 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Wherein we find out what everyone thought about everyone else. Direct Link: 4.02- The Web of Tension Sponsor link: http://casper.com/revolutions
Dec 14, 2015•37 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World.
Dec 07, 2015•36 min•Season 4Ep. 1
One last look back at the pile of severed heads.
Nov 26, 2015•54 min•Season 3Ep. 65
This is a real thing that is actually happening: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/podcast-host-mike-duncan-inks-book-deal/110975
Oct 12, 2015•5 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Napoleon conquered Europe. Then he got beat and the Bourbons came back. Twitter: @mikeduncan
Sep 27, 2015•29 min•Season 3Ep. 63
After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804.
Sep 27, 2015•27 min•Season 3Ep. 62
And his name is Napoleon Bonaparte. Sponsor Link: lynda.com/revolutions Me on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeduncan
Sep 21, 2015•35 min•Season 3Ep. 61
When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown. Hey look I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan
Sep 14, 2015•35 min•Season 3Ep. 60
While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France.
Sep 07, 2015•32 min•Season 3Ep. 59
In July 1798 Bonaparte and his healthy, hopeful army arrived in Egypt. In August 1799 Bonaparte ditched his now demoralized, plague-ridden army and sailed for home.
Aug 31, 2015•40 min•Season 3Ep. 58
The Directory manipulated the elections of Year VI to block left-wing candidates. Meanwhile Talleyrand provoked the Americans into war and Bonaparte sailed for Egypt.
Aug 24, 2015•34 min•Season 3Ep. 57
After Fructidor the Directory cracked down on the conservatives. They also created more sister republicans to systematically loot. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions
Aug 17, 2015•37 min•Season 3Ep. 56
After taking a drubbing in the elections Year V, the Directory decided to just annul the results.
Aug 09, 2015•38 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Bonaparte almost gets beat! But then he doesn't. Also don't invade Ireland in December. sponsor link: http://lynda.com/revolutions.
Aug 03, 2015•33 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Control the central position. Move on the rear. Live off the land. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions
Jul 20, 2015•37 min•Season 3Ep. 53
The adventures of everyone's favorite proto-communist. k
Jul 13, 2015•35 min•Season 3Ep. 52
When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts.
Jul 05, 2015•32 min•Season 3Ep. 51
That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention.
Jun 28, 2015•34 min•Season 3Ep. 50