Our Freedom Can’t Wait: Black History Political Education Series, The People’s Forum
Class 1: Abolition and the Birth of Internationalism
This class explores how news of slave revolts and the Haitian Revolution set the Americas ablaze with revolutionary energy. Through ships, letters, and underground resistance networks, the call for liberation spread across the Caribbean and the U.S. South—offering hope to the enslaved and striking fear into slaveholders. Enslaved people in the U.S. South looked to Haiti’s triumph, drawing strength and strategy from its success. This class examines how Haiti’s revolution sought to extend beyond its borders, planting the seeds of international solidarity and proving that freedom in one place can inspire rebellion everywhere