“First, and most importantly, the <i>Reader</i> offers a documentary history of how <i>The Black Jacobins</i> has been studied and how it helped to inspire new knowledge and new movements. Second, the <i>Reader</i> persistently portrays James’s meditations on the Haitian Revolution as contributions to the philosophy of history.”

- Jesse Olsavsky, The Black Scholar

"Containing rare primary materials, new scholarship, and personal reflections from an impressive array of activists, writers, and scholars, <i>The Black Jacobins Reader</i> affirms the enduring relevance of James’s achievement. Forsdick and Høgsbjerg’s <i>Black Jacobins Reader</i> stands as testament to the fact that some 80 years after its first publication, <i>The Black Jacobins </i>continues to inspire, challenge, and provoke."

- Philip Kaisary, Slavery & Abolition

"This exhaustive collection of essays, reflections, and introductions to James’s epic treatment of the Haitian Revolution will be the authoritative companion to his history for decades to come. . . . An important contribution to postcolonial and Caribbean studies . . . A bracing and consequential collection."

- Justin Rogers-Cooper, SX Salon

"<i>The Black Jacobins Reader</i> provides a wealth of bibliographical sources and historical documents (including a fascinating conversation between James and Studs Terkel about <i>Black Jacobins</i>), new scholarship, and reminiscences about James and the contexts in which <i>Black Jacobins</i> was used during the 1960s and 1970s. . . . <i>The Black Jacobins Reader</i> is an invaluable tool for contextualizing one of the great classics of the black Marxist tradition."

- James Smethurst, Science & Society