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Toussaint Louverture is the leader of the …
Years: 1684 - 1827
Toussaint Louverture is the leader of the slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue.
Born between 1743 and 1746 on the Breda plantation in northern Saint-Domingue, one of a small number of slaves who had been well treated and allowed to become literate, Toussaint had served on the Breda plantation as a steward; when the rebellion began, he had arranged safe conduct for his master's family out of the colony and joined the army.
He had soon emergesd as the preeminent military strategist, reportedly in part because of his reading of works by Julius Caesar and others, and in part because of his innate leadership ability.
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Years: 1684 - 1827
Locations
People
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- French people (Latins)
- Spaniards (Latins)
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Saint Domingue, French Colony of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
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