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Haitian Revolution. François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔminik tusɛ̃ luvɛʁtyʁ], English: / ˌluːvərˈtjʊər /) [2] also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...
Toussaint’s example inspired liberation movements throughout Central and South America and abolitionists in North America. Toussaint Louverture (born c. 1743, Bréda, near Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue [Haiti]—died April 7, 1803, Fort-de-Joux, France) was the leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution (1787–99).
Aug 30, 2021 · Francois Dominique Toussaint L'ouverture participating in the successful revolt against French power in Saint-Domingue, Haiti. In 1792, France was in a dicey situation. It had recently become a ...
Dec 1, 2008 · Toussaint Louverture (ca. 1743–1803) was a Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution. Toussaint Louverture is thought to have been born enslaved around 1739–1746 on the plantation of Bréda at Haut de Cap on the northern coast of Saint-Domingue, present day Haiti. His father, Gaou Guinou was the son of the king of Benin in West ...
Jan 18, 2018 · Toussaint L’Ouverture was a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave revolt in modern history known as the Haitian Revolution. Born into slavery on May 20, 1743 in the French colony of Saint Dominque, L’Ouverture was the eldest son of Gaou Guinon, an African prince … Read MoreToussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803)
Jul 3, 2019 · François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (May 20, 1743–April 7, 1803) led the only victorious revolt by enslaved people in modern history, resulting in Haiti's independence in 1804. Toussaint emancipated the enslaved people and negotiated for Haiti, then called Saint-Domingue, to be governed briefly by formerly enslaved Black people as a French protectorate.
Toussaint Louverture , orig. François Dominique Toussaint, (born c. 1743, Bréda, near Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue—died April 7, 1803, Fort-de-Joux, Fr.), Leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution. Born a slave, he was freed in 1777. In 1791 he joined a slave rebellion and soon assembled an army of his own ...
By 1793 he had become known as Toussaint Louverture. The name Louverture comes from the French word for “opening,” most likely referring to his ability as a military commander to find openings in an enemy’s defenses. When France and Spain went to war in 1793, Toussaint at first joined the Spanish forces and proved extraordinarily ...
Toussaint Louverture (b. c. 1743–d. 1803), also known as Toussaint Bréda and Toussaint L’Ouverture, was a slave, planter, revolutionary, general, and statesman from the French colony of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti). He was born in bondage on the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap c. 1743; both his parents had been imported from modern ...
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE (c.1743–1803), French general and Haitian political leader. Legends maintain that on Toussaint (All Saint's Day), 1 November 1745, at a plantation owned by the Comte de Bréda, a first son was born to a former African king. In Catholic Saint-Domingue (as Haiti was known during the French colonial period), the slave child ...
