Competing Notions of Freedom in the Age of Bourgeois Independence

How did each of the revolutions–American, French, Haitian and Latin American–advance the concept of “freedom” and “liberty” for the world? Which of these revolutions offered a vision of “liberty” that is the most progressive?

Here is a video about the revolution in Venezuela/Colombia (called Gran Colombia) to help with that portion. But the ebook also discusses the indendence in Latin America as well FYI…

Lecture notes

A film about the Haitian revolution

A film about the French revolution

A film about the American revolution