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Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978

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Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978 told in 12 chapters on an interactive situation map, with 24 dated maps and 48 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the index: every chapter, map and place as its own page.

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The chapters

Slavery in colonial Saint-Domingue
CHAPTER 1 · 1789
Outbreak of the Haitian Revolution
CHAPTER 2 · 1791
Toussaint Louverture
CHAPTER 3 · 1801
Napoleon’s Saint-Domingue expedition
CHAPTER 4 · 1803
Dessalines and the birth of Haiti
CHAPTER 5 · 1807
Haiti’s independence debt
CHAPTER 6 · 1825
White Highlands of colonial Kenya
CHAPTER 7 · 1922
Origins of the Mau Mau uprising
CHAPTER 8 · 1950
Mau Mau uprising and the Emergency
CHAPTER 9 · 1954
Road to Kenyan independence
CHAPTER 10 · 1963
Kenya after independence
CHAPTER 11 · 1966
Independence in Haiti and Kenya
CHAPTER 12 · 1975

Haiti and Kenya independence maps by year

1789SEP 17911793–94OCT 1798JUL 1801JUN 1802NOV 18031 JAN 18041807–20JUL 182518441915–34197518901895190219201950–521954JAN 19601 JUN 196312 DEC 19631964–671969

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Battles, events and sites of memory

● Arrest of Toussaint Louverture● Assassination of Chief Waruhiu✕ Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot✕ Battle of Matouba✕ Battle of Vertières● Bois Caïman ceremony● Bolívar’s refuge at Les Cayes● British withdrawal from Saint-Domingue● Cap-Français● Capture of Dedan Kimathi● Charlemagne Péralte and the Caco revolt● Citadelle Laferrière● Concordat of Croix-des-Bouquets● Congress of Panama● Creation of the Haitian flag● Haitian Declaration of Independence◆ Harry Thuku protest shooting◆ Hola massacre● Independence Day at Uhuru Gardens● Kapenguria Six trial● Kenya Teachers College, Githunguri● Kenyatta’s Maralal press conference● Kenyatta’s Nyeri speech● Kenyatta’s release at Gatundu● Kenyatta’s restriction at Lodwar● Kikuyu Central Association◆ Killing of Koitalel arap Samoei◆ Killings of French residents in Haiti● Kingston, Jamaica◆ Kisumu massacre◆ Lari massacre● Leclerc’s fleet at Samaná Bay● Maasai removal from Laikipia◆ Manyani detention camp◆ Middle Passage● Million-Acre Scheme● Mombasa● Nairobi◆ Northern Plain sugar estates● Olenguruone squatter resistance● Port-au-Prince● Proclamation of Camp Turel● Ronald Ngala and KADU● Santo Domingo● Shifta War✕ Siege of Jacmel● Uganda Railway reaches Kisumu● Vincent Ogé’s revolt

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