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TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE. By: Jazz Thomas. HAITIANS REVOLUTION. L’ouverture Biography. *Believed that God wish slavery to be abolished and had called him to lead Haiti out of enslavement , he engage in the revolt. *Age of 33 gained freedom. * Led the Haitian Revolution. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE

By: Jazz Thomas

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HAITIANS REVOLUTION

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L’ouverture Biography

*Believed that God wish slavery to be abolished and had called him to lead Haiti out of enslavement , he engage in the revolt

*Age of 33 gained freedom.

*Slaves eventually won their independence from the French slave Owners.

* Led the Haitian Revolution

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• Straker, D. Augustus, Reflections on the Life and Times of Toussaint L'Overture,the Negro Haytien, Commander-In-Chief, of the Army, Ruler Under the Dominion of France, and Author of The Independence of Hayti. (Columbia, S.C.: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., Printer and Bookbinder, 1886). Available at: <http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/straker/straker.html> December 18, 2004

J. A. Rogers, Great People of Color. (Soul School Institute), available at: <http://www.marcusgarvey.com/wmview.php?ArtID=523&page=1> December 18, 2004

Jennifer Brainard, “The Slave Who Defeated Napoleon”. 2003. HistoryWiz. <http://www.historywiz.com/toussaint.htm> December 18, 2004

• U.S. Library of Congress, “Toussaint Louverture”. Available at: <http://www.travelinghaiti.com/history_of_haiti/toussaint_louverture.asp> December 18, 2004