Ancien esclave, affranchi, Toussaint Louverture est le père de l’indépendance de la première république noire au monde… à la tête du mouvement de libération des esclaves de Saint-Domingue qui a mené à ...

Haitian General Toussaint Louverture was a prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution (front). In the 1800s, he was arrested and imprisoned in France’s Fort de Joux (back) where he is now remembered ...

For nearly 80 years no scholar has written an English-language biography of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. This fact is even more remarkable when you consider Louverture’s contemporary ...

Virginie Girod raconte le destin de Toussaint Louverture, esclave affranchi devenu général et entré dans l'Histoire pour son rôle dans le processus d'indépendance d'Haïti. En août 1791, dans la ...

The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history it created the worlds first Black republic traumatizing Southern planters inspiring US Blacks and invigorating ...

Aristocrat, c. 1740 -- Child, c. 1743-1754 -- Slave, 1754 -- Revolutionary apprentice, 1757-1773 -- Family man, 1761-1785 -- Freedman, c. 1772-1779 -- Slave driver ...

Introductory text: Toussaint Louverture Général en chef de l'Armée de St. Domingue au Citoyen Raimond commissaire délégué par le Gouvernement français aux Isles-sous-le-vent. Letters (correspondence) ...

Général Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803), detail, artist unknown. (New York Public Library) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

The story of Toussaint Louverture is a particularly powerful one for the African diaspora, but for humanity and global struggles for liberation. Napoleon Maddox chose to draw inspiration from the life ...

Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint de Bréda, was a Haitian general who played an important role in the Haitian Revolution, the only known slave uprising in history which led to a fully ...

C.L.R. James, adapted by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee. Verso, $24.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-78873-790-6 This forceful and cinematic adaptation by comics newcomers Watts and Karimjee turns ...