TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE: Leader of the Haitian Revolution

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Taylor,Erica (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    2010-02-05
    Published:
    Indianapolis, IN
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Recorder
    Journal Title Details:
    6 : T11
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, History, United States, Blacks, Haiti, Slavery, Toussaint Louverture, 1743?-1803, Leadership, Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804), Biographies, and Abolition
    Notes:
    He was born a slave. He was called a genius of the rebellion. He was an 18th century rebel named Toussaint Breda, also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture, and he led the Haitian Revolution to abolish slavery. By the way, translated, L'Ouverture means "the opening."

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