This exhibition was created as part of Europeana's Black History Month. Explore more stories on our Black history page.
Thanks to
Ursula Oberst, African Studies Centre Leiden
Peter Soemers, Europeana Network Association Members Council
Małgorzata Szynkielewska, Europeana Foundation
Curators
Marijke Everts, Europeana Foundation
Douglas McCarthy, Europeana Foundation
Adrian Murphy, Europeana Foundation
Aleksandra Strzelichowska, Europeana Foundation
Proofreading
Georgia Evans, Europeana Foundation
Jolan Wuyts, Europeana Foundation
Sensitivity Review
This exhibition was reviewed for sensitivity by a cultural historian
Further reading
Three portraits of the Haitian Revolution
- https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/haitian-revolution-1791-1804/
- Citizen Jean-Baptiste Belley: from slavery to the Convention Nationale « Versailles and More
- The Birth of the Modern World 1780–1914. Global Connections and Comparisons, C. A. Bayly, Oxford Blackwell, 2004 [review].
- How Toussaint Louverture Rose from Slavery to Lead the Haitian Revolution
- The most successful slave rebellion in history created an independent Haiti and secured the Louisiana Purchase and the expansion of North American Slavery
Writers and Poets
- https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/10/damas-leon/
- https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/negritude-movement/
- https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/cesaire-aime-1913-2008/
- https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/senghor-leopold-sedar-1906-2001/
- https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.474.8826&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Artists, dancers and musicians
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/aug/05/artsfeatures1
- https://renaissancereframed.com/2020/09/23/reframing-history-juan-de-pareja/
- https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/minuets-cotillons-and-country-dances-by-ignatius-sancho
Sports people