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Political Upheaval · 1791

Haitian Revolution

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Works dated 1781–1801

The only successful slave revolt in history created the first Black republic, and was systematically excluded from Western art history. Its absence mirrors how Black subjects were erased from the canon, an omission contemporary artists have worked to correct.

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Anne-Louis Girodet, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley, Deputy for Saint-Domingue, 1797. Château de Versailles. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Haitian Revolution (1791) · Ellsworth