Julia Gaffield, PhD
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
Historian (she/her)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/
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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
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The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
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The uniforms may have had to remove Louverture, but the ambassador made sure they took his picture in front of Jean-Jacques Dessalines 🫡
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The uniforms may have had to remove Louverture, but the ambassador made sure they took his picture in front of Jean-Jacques Dessalines 🫡
The image of Toussaint Louverture had to be removed because the Olympic committee considered it a "political statement"??
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
‘Symbol of the Haitian spirit’: Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform inspired by history
Haiti’s Winter Olympic uniform is a statement of history and perseverance.
www.miamiherald.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
The image of Toussaint Louverture had to be removed because the Olympic committee considered it a "political statement"??
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
A great review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Carolyn Fick for The Journal of Military History!! 🙌
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A great review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Carolyn Fick for The Journal of Military History!! 🙌
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
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Team Haiti has one of the best winter Olympic fits and it's ironic given the country doesn't have snow
February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Team Haiti has one of the best winter Olympic fits and it's ironic given the country doesn't have snow
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Check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring the excellent @juliagaffield.bsky.social and the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America.
Now playing on your favorite podcast app.
Now playing on your favorite podcast app.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring the excellent @juliagaffield.bsky.social and the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America.
Now playing on your favorite podcast app.
Now playing on your favorite podcast app.
I'm so grateful for this thoughtful review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Amanda T. Perry for H-Early-America!
@yalepress.bsky.social
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@yalepress.bsky.social
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Perry on Gaffield, 'I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom' | H-Net
Gaffield, Julia. I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom. : Yale University Press, 2025. 352 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780300255478. Reviewed by Amanda Perry (Cha...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I'm so grateful for this thoughtful review of _I Have Avenged America_ by Amanda T. Perry for H-Early-America!
@yalepress.bsky.social
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@yalepress.bsky.social
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Tracing the complex story of Haiti’s revolution and Declaration of Independence from France, @juliagaffield.bsky.social explores the early days of the nation's independence from the perspective of leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines in "I Have Avenged America."
#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4rogjqH
#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4rogjqH
I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom
Read an excerpt from Julia Gaffield's book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Tracing the complex story of Haiti’s revolution and Declaration of Independence from France, @juliagaffield.bsky.social explores the early days of the nation's independence from the perspective of leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines in "I Have Avenged America."
#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4rogjqH
#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4rogjqH
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Beat the winter chill at the Museum!
📆 Feb. 7: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding” Forum
📆 Feb. 8: Member Morning
📆 Feb. 14-16: Presidents Day Weekend
📆 Feb. 25: #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series: @juliagaffield.bsky.social + Marlene L. Daut
Join us: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
📆 Feb. 7: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding” Forum
📆 Feb. 8: Member Morning
📆 Feb. 14-16: Presidents Day Weekend
📆 Feb. 25: #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series: @juliagaffield.bsky.social + Marlene L. Daut
Join us: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Beat the winter chill at the Museum!
📆 Feb. 7: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding” Forum
📆 Feb. 8: Member Morning
📆 Feb. 14-16: Presidents Day Weekend
📆 Feb. 25: #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series: @juliagaffield.bsky.social + Marlene L. Daut
Join us: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
📆 Feb. 7: “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding” Forum
📆 Feb. 8: Member Morning
📆 Feb. 14-16: Presidents Day Weekend
📆 Feb. 25: #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series: @juliagaffield.bsky.social + Marlene L. Daut
Join us: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
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Finally got my copy from the county library, @juliagaffield.bsky.social! Excited to dive in.
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Finally got my copy from the county library, @juliagaffield.bsky.social! Excited to dive in.
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Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
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Bòn Ane! Bòn Fèt Endepandans, Ayiti! Here's my updated annual Independence Day post to honor revolutionary Haitian Ancestors and their contributions. www.andysolages.com/blog/2026/1/...
Onè e Respè, Zansèt yo — Andy J. Solages
Jodi a pou Zansèt yo. The Avengers of the New World.
www.andysolages.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Bòn Ane! Bòn Fèt Endepandans, Ayiti! Here's my updated annual Independence Day post to honor revolutionary Haitian Ancestors and their contributions. www.andysolages.com/blog/2026/1/...
I'm so grateful for this review of _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ by LYONEL TROUILLOT for @ayibopost.bsky.social!!
"In this year of misfortune, this book is a sacred gift."
@yalepress.bsky.social
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"In this year of misfortune, this book is a sacred gift."
@yalepress.bsky.social
ayibopost.com/lyonel-troui...
Lyonel Trouillot | Merci Julia - AyiboPost
La mauvaise foi et l’ignorance qui ont prévalu dans la volonté de destruction symbolique du fondateur de l’État haïtien et du tout premier leader
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January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm so grateful for this review of _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ by LYONEL TROUILLOT for @ayibopost.bsky.social!!
"In this year of misfortune, this book is a sacred gift."
@yalepress.bsky.social
ayibopost.com/lyonel-troui...
"In this year of misfortune, this book is a sacred gift."
@yalepress.bsky.social
ayibopost.com/lyonel-troui...
For a transcription and English translation of the Haitian Declaration of Independence, see: haitidoi.com/doi/
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
For a transcription and English translation of the Haitian Declaration of Independence, see: haitidoi.com/doi/
On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
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In the run-up to the publication of my new book, The Great Resistance, on 6 Jan 2026 (link in bio), I’ll have a daily post featuring photos from two decades of research trips, along with a snippet from each of the book’s 35 chapters. Today: northern Haiti
💙📚#booksky #thegreatresistance #history
💙📚#booksky #thegreatresistance #history
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In the run-up to the publication of my new book, The Great Resistance, on 6 Jan 2026 (link in bio), I’ll have a daily post featuring photos from two decades of research trips, along with a snippet from each of the book’s 35 chapters. Today: northern Haiti
💙📚#booksky #thegreatresistance #history
💙📚#booksky #thegreatresistance #history
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Kwame Nkrumah, Charles George Gordon, revolution in Ukraine, and literature from the Antilles are a few of the subjects and genres that made an impression on me during my reading in 2025. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/books-in-2...
Books in 2025: A Personal Selection
A list of books that made an impression on me in the previous 12 months.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Kwame Nkrumah, Charles George Gordon, revolution in Ukraine, and literature from the Antilles are a few of the subjects and genres that made an impression on me during my reading in 2025. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/books-in-2...
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PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.
Public Picks 2025 - Public Books
What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?
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December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.
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My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Get the semester started off right! 🙌
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Get the semester started off right! 🙌
I've been lucky enough to do a bunch of podcasts, interviews, and talks, but the two events that have been the most memorable were a talk that I gave at the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti and a panel at the @miamibookfair.bsky.social --these were truly special events!!
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I've been lucky enough to do a bunch of podcasts, interviews, and talks, but the two events that have been the most memorable were a talk that I gave at the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti and a panel at the @miamibookfair.bsky.social --these were truly special events!!
The book received an honorable mention for the Haitian Studies Association (@haitianstudies.bsky.social) biennial book prize and was included on the Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social) 2025 Books of the Year!
www.haitianstudies.org/awards-schol...
www.haitianstudies.org/awards-schol...
H.S.A. Book Awards
H.S.A. Book Awards
www.haitianstudies.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The book received an honorable mention for the Haitian Studies Association (@haitianstudies.bsky.social) biennial book prize and was included on the Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social) 2025 Books of the Year!
www.haitianstudies.org/awards-schol...
www.haitianstudies.org/awards-schol...
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My book _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom_ (@yalepress.bsky.social) has been out for 6 months! I’m thrilled that in 2026, it will be available as an audiobook (March) and a paperback (July)!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...