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 ...

Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the gouvernor of Saint-Domingue. To restore the economy ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring ...

Toussaint Louverture was born a slave in 1743, but at the zenith of his power, he ruled all of Hispaniola, the Caribbean island that consists of present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In this ...

Professor Charles Forsdick tells the story of Toussaint Louverture, who led Haiti’s successful and highly adaptive slave revolt against the 18th century’s great powers. Read the transcript Toussaint ...

Sudhir Hazareesingh's "Black Spartacus" illuminates the remarkable Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture — and the universal importance of the revolution he led. That’s how author Sudhir Hazareesingh ...

Funded by the City of Philadelphia, Mural Arts Philadelphia commissioned Philadelphia artist Claes Gabriel to create an original Mural on the facade of Super Star Barbershop located at 500 W Olney Ave ...

In commemoration of the 200-year anniversary of Haitian Independence, this panel wishes to address the circulation of images of the Haitian Revolution and/or of one of its most (in)famous ...

A sculpture of Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), on display in La Rochelle. Photo by Xavier LEOTY / AFP President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday paid tribute to Toussaint Louverture, who died in 1803 - ...