![]() ![]() ![]() When the people of Saint-Domingue rose in revolt, Louverture was poised to lead, and the successes of the Haitian Revolution can be attributed as much to Louverture’s political canny as to his military tactics. Louverture began life a slave, became free, and became wealthy through the ownership of lands and people. Girard, who spent years in the archives and uncovered new information vital to our contemporary understanding of Louverture, crafts an engrossing tale of family, faith, ambition, and patriotism. ![]() A new biography by Philippe Girard, Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life, portrays the life of the leader of the Haitian Revolution, a man at the helm of the greatest slave revolt in world history. Toussaint Louverture was a man of genius. ![]()
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