{"id":3119,"date":"2025-01-21T09:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidword.com\/?page_id=3119"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:50:20","slug":"uncle-toms-war-haiti-and-the-whipping-machine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davidword.com\/?page_id=3119","title":{"rendered":"UNCLE TOM’S WAR: Haiti and the Whipping Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UNCLE TOM’S WAR
<\/strong>Haiti and the Whipping Machine <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The story of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) in the context of the American and French Revolutions and the war against slavery. Fiery hot poetry from London, UK, and BBC slam champion, David Lee Morgan.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coming Performances:<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mumbai Fringe Festival <\/strong>
Indifferent at Gharaonda: Bandra, Mumbai
6:30 pm, March 12-15
Tickets<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morecambe Fringe Festival<\/strong>
Sunday, July 20, 4:15pm
West End Playhouse
21C Yorkshire Street West
WC1X 8BZ, Morecambe
tickets: \u00a35
https:\/\/www.skiddle.com\/whats-on\/Lancaster\/West-End-Playhouse\/David-Lee-MorganUNCLE-TOMS-WAR-Haiti-and-the-Whipping-Machine\/41095718\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camden Fringe Festival <\/span><\/strong>
Tuesday, July 29, 7:30pm
The Water Rats
328 Grays Inn Road
WC1X 8BZ, London
tickets: \u00a35
https:\/\/camdenfringe.com\/events\/uncle-toms-war-haiti-and-the-whipping-machine\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edinburgh Fringe Festival <\/span><\/strong>
Aug 11-16, 2:05pm
@The Space
tickets: \u00a310\/5
https:\/\/tickets.thespaceuk.com\/event\/911:3641\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colchester Fringe Festival<\/strong>
Tuesday, October 28, 7pm
Wednesday, October 29, 7pm
tickets: \u00a38
venue: TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planet’s in trouble. The beast is dying. Will it take us with it?
The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the beginning of a new age of enlightenment, where every revolution is a part of the world revolution \u2013 or else it is a betrayal. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

HAITI 
Was only an island 
Half an island 
The smaller half 
And it was thousands of miles 
from the nearest big power 
But it convulsed the web of the world 
It shamed the American Revolution 
It picked up the French Revolution 
Shook it by the scruff of the neck 
And said, Listen! Open your eyes 
We are the human race 
You are just a tiny part of it 
Join us<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews from previous shows: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TIME OUT LONDON *****<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am awed by Morgan’s passion, his humorous yet enraged intellectual appraisal\u2026 An energetic, clever, passionate survey of human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SCOTSMAN ****<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those rare, passionate performances… bristling with energy and interesting ideas\u2026 a bracing crash course in how to \u201cread history\u2026 with a f***ing blowtorch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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