Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard.
Girard, Philippe R., author.
2016
F1923.T69 G57 2016 (Mapit)
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Title Toussaint Louverture : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard.
Author Girard, Philippe R., author.
ISBN 9780465094134 (hardcover)
0465094139 (hardcover)
9780465094141 (electronic book)
Published New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Language English
Description 340 pages ; illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number F1923.T69 G57 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.94/03092 B
Summary "Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. It began on Saint-Domingue, the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, where he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to earn his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard tells the incredible tale of 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. Ten years in the making, Toussaint Louverture is based on extensive archival research in France, Britain, Spain, the United States, and the Caribbean. The book contains many revelations about Louverture's life, from a previously unknown first marriage to the circumstances of his manumission, his exact role in the outbreak of the 1791 Haitian slave revolt, his actions as governor of France's richest colony, and the tragic nature of his death."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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