Today I will write about a book which I’d wanted to read for quite a few years. I finally did it last year, so it’s time for a quick review. And it’s “Lost White Tribes” I’m talking about today, by Riccardo Orizio. My copy is in English, but this book has also been translated into Polish (if you prefer) and you can easily buy a copy online. However, I have no idea how good the translation is. And you can find my review in Polish here.
As you can imagine, one of these missing white tribes are the Poles. They are, of course, the descendants of Polish legionnaires who, on Napoleon’s orders, came to Haiti (then Saint-Domingue) in 1802-03 to help suppress the anti-French uprising of black people. The book also describes five other “white tribes” scattered around the world. I will briefly mention each chapter, and soon I will write a separate post about our legionnaires in Haiti.
Polish traces around the world 