StellaStella, first published in 1859, is an imaginative retelling of Haitis fight for independence from slavery and French colonialism. Set during the years of the Haitian Revolution (1791 1804), Stella tells the story of two brothers, Romulus and Remus, who help transform their homeland from the French colony of Saint Domingue to the independent republic of Haiti. Inspired by the sacrifice of their African mother Marie and Stella, the spirit of Liberty,