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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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About This Edition; Summary; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; THE LIFE OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.; BOOK I.; FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN HAYTI TO THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE'S POWER.; BOOK II.; FROM THE FITTING OUT OF THE EXPEDITION BY BONAPARTE AGAINST SAINT DOMINGO TO THE SUBMISSION OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.; BOOK III.; FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE YELLOW FEVER IN HAYTI UNTIL THE DEPORTATION AND DEATH OF ITS LIBERATOR.; BOOK IV.; FROM THE EVACUATION OF HAYTI BY THE FRENCH TO THE PRESENT TIME.; NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) won international renown in the Haitian fight for independence. He led thousands of former slaves into battle against French, Spanish, and English forces, routing the Europeans and seizing control of the entire island of Hispaniola. L'Ouverture became governor and commander-in-chief of Haiti before officially acknowledging French rule in 1801, when he submitted a newly written constitution to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and the French legislature for ratification. In response, Bonaparte sent an army to depose L'Ouverture, who was taken prisoner in June of 1. |
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Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.
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Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803. |
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Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) |
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Revolutionaries -- Haiti -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries. |
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Haiti. |
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Biographies.
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Generals -- Haiti -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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1791-1804 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Beard, John Relly. Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti : Comprising an Account of the Struggle for Liberty in the Island, and a Sketch of Its History to the Present Period. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2012 9781469607870 |
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9781469607887 (electronic book) |
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1469607883 (electronic book) |
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