Enter Bolívar.
Jun 26, 2016•38 min•Season 5Ep. 4
After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.
Jun 20, 2016•44 min•Season 5Ep. 3
After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
Jun 12, 2016•41 min•Season 5Ep. 2
After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set.
Jun 06, 2016•44 min•Season 5Ep. 1
1806-Present. Enjoy.
Apr 17, 2016•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 20
After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.
Apr 11, 2016•37 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.
Apr 03, 2016•9 min•Season 4Ep. 18
The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804.
Apr 03, 2016•38 min•Season 4Ep. 17
In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.
Mar 28, 2016•36 min•Season 4Ep. 16
With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.
Mar 21, 2016•39 min•Season 4Ep. 15
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