On November 11, the New-York Historical Society will open Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn, the first exhibition to relate the American, French and Haitian struggles as a single global narrative. Exhibition texts and audio guides in English, French and Haitian Krèyol.

Linking the attack on monarchism and aristocracy to the struggle against slavery, Revolution! shows how freedom, equality and the sovereignty of the people became universal goals. Opposing European imperial authorities, natives ofAfrica, Europe and the Americas argued with both pamphlets and armaments. Their first major outbursts in the American Revolution launched radical ideas through theWest. In turn, these inspired a
revolt against monarchy in France, and finally spawned the astonishing insurrection on the island of Saint Domingue, leading to the world’s only successful slave revolt and the founding of the first nation based on equality and emancipation, Haiti.