Historians still continue to comment on the significance of the work and how it has paved the way for more detailed study of social and political movements in the Caribbean region. In a look at the role slaves themselves have played in Caribbean and American rebellions Adélékè Adéèkó points specifically to "The Black Jacobins"' influence on the perception of slaves in "The Slaves Rebellion". In this work, published in 2005, Adéèkó suggests, ""The Black Jacobins" stirs this high level of inspiration for its symbolic reconfiguration of the slaves’ will to freedom".