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Girard, Philippe R., author.

Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard.

New York : Basic Books, [2016]

340 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 25 cm

Examines "how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. Working as a coachman for his wealthy, white owners, Louverture traveled across Saint-Domingue, building a network among slaves and free blacks that would form the basis of the slave revolt he engineered in 1791. What followed was a decade of unprecedented bloodletting: about 200,000 people in the colony of Saint-Domingue were killed in battle or murdered. By 1801, Louverture was general and governor of the colony, now called Haiti. But his lifelong quest to be accepted as a member of the French colonial elite ended in despair: in 1802, on Napoleon's orders, he was exiled to France, where he spent the last year of his life in a prison cell"--Provided by publisher.

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.

Revolutionaries -- Haiti -- Biography.

Generals -- Haiti -- Biography.

Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Biography.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.

Aristocrat, c. 1740 -- Child, c. 1743-1754 -- Slave, 1754 -- Revolutionary apprentice, 1757-1773 -- Family man, 1761-1785 -- Freedman, c. 1772-1779 -- Slave driver, 1779-1781 -- Muleteer, 1781-1789 -- Witness, 1788-1791 -- Rebel, 1791 -- Monarchist, 1792 -- Spanish officer, 1793-1794 -- French patriot, 1794-1796 -- Politician, 1796-1798 -- Diplomat, 1798-1800 -- Planter, 1800-1801 -- Governor general, early 1801 -- God? late 1801 -- Renegade, early 1802 -- Prisoner, 1802-1803 -- Icon, 1803-present.

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