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Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard

Aristocrat, c. 1740 -- Child, c. 1743-1754 -- Slave, 1754 -- Revolutionary apprentice, 1757-1773 -- Family man, 1761-1785 -- Freedman, c. 1772-1779 -- Slave driver ...
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Toussaint Louverture: The Slave Who Humbled Napoleon

Born into slavery, Toussaint Louverture rose to lead a revolution that crushed Napoleon’s forces. His victories created the world’s first Black republic Scam kingpins who ran billion-dollar criminal ...
The New York Times

Macron Honors Haitian Revolutionary, but Leaves Much Unsaid

The French president paid tribute to Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, but said nothing about the lingering effects of France’s slaving past. By Constant Méheut and Catherine ...
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L’histoire méconnue de Bénédictine de Clairfontaine, la Lot-et-Garonnaise qui a pris sous son aile la famille de Toussaint Louverture

Mariée à un noble Aiguillonnais et dépouillée par la Révolution, elle accueillit à Agen l’épouse et les enfants de Toussaint Louverture au début du XIX e siècle Bénédictine était née en 1740 des ...
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Diplomacy in black and white : John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and their Atlantic world alliance / Ronald Angelo Johnson

1 Saint-Dominguan Revolution: "We Can and Must Do Something There" 13 -- 2 U.S. Involvement: "Even South Carolinians Voted for It" 39 -- 3 Edward Stevens: "Our Minister to Toussaint" 68 -- 4 Dominguan ...
The Boston Globe

Haitian cultural center slated to open in Boston’s North End later this year

A decade ago, Charlot Lucien knocked on doors throughout the city in pursuit of signatures to rename Wood Avenue after François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, the famed Haitian revolutionary leader.