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Black Empire, Seattle, 1938. 'Federal Theatre...The Black Magic of Haiti in teh story of the only man Napoleon feared..."Black Empire" by Christine Ames...'. Stage show about Franþois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.