7Haiti: The First Black Republic tells the story of how a group of enslaved Africans came together to fight for their freedom and created the first independent Black nation in the Americas. A lesson that is often left out of the history books, The Haitian Revolution caused shock waves throughout the world and set the wheels in motion to end the Trans-Atlantic slave trade forever. This illustrated picture book published by Haitian-American author Frantz Derenoncourt, Jr. engages young readers in a way that they could fully appreciate the accomplishments of their ancestors.