The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe by Marlene Daut (2025)

Haiti has the amazing distinction of being home to history’s most successful slave revolt, which led to its independence from France in 1804 and its establishment as a sovereign republic. Its significance looms large in the consciousness of African American thinkers and writers, with figures like Langston Hughes spending time on its soil. This book is the essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti, Henry Christophe (1767-1820).