Napoleon Bonaparte sought to reinstate slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), but he faced an unexpected and ...

dominated by that of Toussaint Louverture in particular. In the process, Girard helps throw light not only on events in Haiti and France, but also on the international implications and involvement in ...

Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint de Bréda, was a Haitian general who played an important role in the Haitian Revolution, the only known slave uprising in history which led to a fully ...

click image for close-up Although there is a large body of visual materials depicting the Haitian revolution, there are no existing portraits drawn from life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the hero of ...

Narrator: In the 18th century, the movement to end the slave trade emerged ... people first-hand about the horrors of slavery. Toussaint Louverture: In Saint-Domingue I led the fight for our ...

By Sherri CajusteSpecial to the ReporterThe Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center (TLCC) of Massachusetts, a new hub for ...