Recommended by
- Ben Horowitz: "The Black Jacobins ... is my favorite leadership book ever and one of the great stories in human history." source ↗
Summary
C.L.R. James's account of the Haitian Revolution, the first successful slave revolt in the Americas, and the story of Toussaint L'Ouverture. James treats the revolution as the first great triumph of the Third World against Western imperialism.
For founders
For founders, The Black Jacobins is a leadership classic — the story of organizing a revolution against the most powerful empires of the era. Ben Horowitz named it his favorite leadership book ever.