Off the Boat with Le Joseph — Season 2, Episode 1 “222 Years: The Birth, Shockwaves, and Legacy of Haiti (1804–2026)”

On January 1, 1804, Haiti changed the world forever.

In this Season 2 premiere, Off the Boat with Le Joseph dives deep into the Haitian Revolution and the 222-year legacy of the first free Black republic in human history. Born from the most successful slave revolt ever recorded, Haiti didn’t just win its independence — it shattered the global order built on slavery, colonialism, and racial hierarchy.

This episode traces Haiti’s journey from the brutal plantations of Saint-Domingue to independence, and examines the global shockwaves that followed: fear among slaveholding societies, inspiration for liberation movements across the Americas, the reshaping of world politics,  ...