“The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect the racial factor as merely incidental is an error only less grave than to make it fundamental.”
Quote by C. L. R. James
Work
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the 18th-century slave rebellion in the French colony of San Domingo, which later became Haiti. It focuses on the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture and the impact of the revolution on the Caribbean and the Atlantic world. more
Author
C. L. R. James
C. L. R. James, born on January 4, 1901, and died on May 19, 1989, was a Trinidadian-born British journalist, historian, writer, and socialist. He is renowned for his research on the history of the Caribbean region and his contributions to socialist thought. more