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Opportunism and Hypocrisy

Author: Satish Sekar May 21, 2017 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (May 15th 2017) Pitt’s Hypocritical Opportunism Toussaint Louverture adeptly played the colonial superpowers, France, Britain and Spain against each other, seeking the best arrangement, but his belief that independence was unnecessary ultimately cost him…
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Alexandre Pétion, André Rigaud, Baron William Grenville, Charles Leclerc, General Moïse, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, Napoléon, Saint-Domingue, The War of Knives, Toussaint Louverture, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilburforce, Wolfe Tone, Yellow Fever

The Opening

Author: Satish Sekar May 20, 2017 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (May 15th 2017) Gifted Toussaint Bréda was born a slave in 1743. He had a liberal master who allowed him to learn to read and write. He was influenced by the Enlightenment philosophers. He…
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Alexandre Pétion, André Rigaud, Charles Leclerc, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Napoléon, Saint-Domingue, The War of Knives, Toussaint Louverture

A Flawed Hero

Author: Satish Sekar May 17, 2017 0 Comments

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (July 4th 2013. Updated on May 15th 2017) Hero or Anti-hero Simón Bolívar, dubbed by many the Liberator, was undoubtedly one of the great leaders of the nineteenth century independence movement. He occupied pride…
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Alexandre Pétion, André Rigaud, Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá, Bolivia, Ecuador, Francisco de Miranda, Henri Christophe, Hugo Chávez, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Manuel Piar, Napoléon, Pascal Sabès, Saint-Domingue, Simón Bolívar, Toussaint Louverture, Venezuela

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“Satish is an author of ‘Fitted In: The Cardiff 3 and the Lynette White Inquiry‘ and the recently published “The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt“. He is also a journalist, academic, researcher and expert, especially for those who have suffered miscarriages of justice. Although at times, Satish is highly critical of the criminal justice system, he only challenges from a position of desiring improvement for the benefit of all, whether they be the investigator or the investigated. Members…

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