FIFA’s Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution and sparks accusations of double standards.
Author: Julia Gaffield
Julia Gaffield is a professor of history at William & Mary College and a leading scholar on the Haitian revolution. She specializes in Atlantic history, early Haitian independence, and the international diplomacy of the early 19th century. She is the author of I Have Avenged America, about Haitian revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines.