This panel approaches Haiti’s rich and powerful history from the perspective of biography. From the eighteenth century to the twentieth-first century, Haitians have been at the center of the fight for freedom, equality, sovereignty, and individual rights. These papers highlight the words and actions of four radical Haitians: Suzanne Simon Baptiste Louverture, Henry Christophe, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and René Depestre. This micro-historical approach allows the panelists to interrogate the most pressing questions of the modern world and reveal how individuals in Haiti shaped and continue to shape our understanding of revolution, postcolonialism, and militant resistance. The panel also explores why these important historical actors are not well-known throughout the world and interrogates historical and fictional narratives of Haitian history from the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) through the twenty-first century.