"François-Dominique
Toussaint
L'ouverture
pronunciation
(help·info),
also Toussaint Bréda,
Toussaint-Louverture
(May 20, 1743–April
8, 1803) was a
leader of the
Haitian Revolution.
Born in Saint
Domingue , in a long
struggle for
independence
Toussaint led
enslaved Africans to
victory over
Europeans, abolished
slavery, and secured
native control over
the
colony in 1797
while nominally
governor of the
colony. He expelled
the French
commissioner
Léger-Félicité
Sonthonax, as
well as the British
armies; invaded
Santo Domingo to
free the slaves
there; and wrote a
constitution naming
himself
governor-for-life
that established a
new
polity for the
colony."
Source (quote and
image):
Wikipedia
pronunciation
(help·info),
also Toussaint Bréda,
Toussaint-Louverture
(May 20, 1743–April
8, 1803) was a
leader of the
Haitian Revolution.
Born in Saint
Domingue , in a long
struggle for
independence
Toussaint led
enslaved Africans to
victory over
Europeans, abolished
slavery, and secured
native control over
the
colony in 1797
while nominally
governor of the
colony. He expelled
the French
commissioner
Léger-Félicité
Sonthonax, as
well as the British
armies; invaded
Santo Domingo to
free the slaves
there; and wrote a
constitution naming
himself
governor-for-life
that established a
new
polity for the
colony."
Source (quote and
image):
Wikipedia