A fictional account of the late-eighteenth-century Haitian revolution, focusing on Toussaint Louverture, a self-educated slave, and Dr. Hebert, a man who falls in love with Nanon, a mulatto.
After selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the vehicle.