| Summary: | This article examines the visual means of diffusion of the Haitian Revolution, especially the engravings published in the Atlantic World since the end of the 18th century. The focus is here on the prints aimed at visually representing the most violent situations of the revolutionary era in Saint-Domingue, between 1791 and 1805. They are analyzed, on the one hand, as social representations taking into account the various historical contexts in which they were produced, and, on the other hand, in comparison to representations of other groups considered as dangerous. The main object is to know more about the intentions and sensibility of their authors. The article concludes that this iconography is the mirror, not only of the Atlantic impact of the Haitian Revolution, but also of the representation of Blacks as violent and uncontrollable.
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