toussaint louverture

A biography of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, looking at his life as a slave and a slave-owner, and arguing that his sometimes controversial actions can be attributed to his desire to win freedom for the slaves of Saint Domingue.

Biography of the eighteenth-century Haitian who led the revolution against French domination in the Caribbean.

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti and became its ruler in 1799.

A collection of paintings by Jacob Lawrence chronicling the liberation of Haiti in 1804 under the leadership of General Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Chronicles Toussaint L'Ouverture's efforts to lead the African slaves of St. Domingue, now the island of Haiti, to freedom.

A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti and became its ruler in 1799.