The Fever Ship That Freed Haiti
Napoleonic Era

The Fever Ship That Freed Haiti

A single naval captain's decision to ignore quarantine may have saved the Haitian Revolution and terrified every slave owner in the Americas.

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CaribbeanNapoleonic WarsSlave RebellionsHaitiYellow FeverAtlantic SlaveryDisease In WarfareColonial ResistanceFrench EmpireAfrican DiasporaThomas JeffersonToussaint Louverture

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