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<< Prev   1 L   Next >>   Category: Toussaint L'Ouverture About this photo: Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture pronunciation also Toussaint Breda,... About this picture: Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture pronunciation also Toussaint Breda, Toussaint-Louverture ( May 20, 1743 – April 7 1803) was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. Born in Saint-Domingue, Toussaint led enslaved blacks in a long struggle for independence over French colonizers, abolished slavery, and secured "native" control over the colony, Haiti. In 1797 while nominally governor of the colony, he expelled the French commissioner Leger-Felicite Sonthonax, as well as the British armies; invaded Santo Domingo to free the slaves there; and wrote a Constitution naming himself governor-for-life that established a new polity for the colony About the photos in this category: (more info) (less info)

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