00:00 The hosts discuss their childhoods and reminisce about their interests and activities, including William's early passion for history and archaeology.

04:44 The hosts discuss the background and significance of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution and the only successful slave rebellion in history.

09:26 Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution, outmaneuvers French commissioners, defeats the British and Spanish, authors his own abolitionist constitution, and creates international alliances to eventually defeat Bonaparte's forces, all while being regarded as a supernatural figure with voodoo powers.

13:46 Toussaint Louverture dies alone in a freezing prison after being captured through treachery just before achieving final independence.

17:58 Pre the Haitian revolution, the colony of Haiti was a bustling cosmopolitan center with libraries, philosophical societies, publishing, bakeries, theaters, and a scientific center, all coexisting alongside the cruel treatment of the 500,000 black African slave population.

22:21 C.L.R. James is a fixture in the study of the Haitian Revolution, but Sudhir Hazari Singh's book "Black Spartacus" challenges some of James' conclusions and presents new information from the National Archives in Kew, including letters from Louverture and details about escaped galley slaves among the poor whites, tensions between different racial groups, and the role of the French Revolution in the spread of revolutionary ideas to Saint-Domingue.

27:11 The revolt in Saint-Domingue begins with the Milatos killing both the Petit Blanc and the Grand Blanc, leading to a slave revolt inspired by news of the French Revolution and organized by Bouquement with the aim of exterminating the whites, resulting in the murder of masters, burning of plantations, and the barbaric targeting of women and children.

31:32 Toussaint Louverture, a learned slave turned rebel leader, joins the ranks of the rebels during the revolution in 1791 and becomes the secretary to one of the rebel leaders.

35:46 Toussaint Louverture emerges as a key figure in the rebel leadership, protecting white prisoners and advocating compromise, while cultivating a mystical persona and rising through the ranks of the rebellion.

40:07 Toussaint Louverture refuses to sell out the slave revolt for peace, despite the offer of freedom for himself and 400 others.

44:14 Toussaint Louverture trains his own army, develops guerrilla tactics, and forms an elite circle of trust with runaway slaves to fight for freedom.