Armed gangs in Haiti's capital have slowed their attacks, leading to some activities around the Toussaint Louverture ...

Haitian General Toussaint Louverture was a prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution (front). In the 1800s, he was arrested and imprisoned in France’s Fort de Joux (back) where he is now remembered ...

Général Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803), detail, artist unknown. (New York Public Library) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history it created the worlds first Black republic traumatizing Southern planters inspiring US Blacks and invigorating ...

Aristocrat, c. 1740 -- Child, c. 1743-1754 -- Slave, 1754 -- Revolutionary apprentice, 1757-1773 -- Family man, 1761-1785 -- Freedman, c. 1772-1779 -- Slave driver ...

For nearly 80 years no scholar has written an English-language biography of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. This fact is even more remarkable when you consider Louverture’s contemporary ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening of the ...

The story of Toussaint Louverture is a particularly powerful one for the African diaspora, but for humanity and global struggles for liberation. Napoleon Maddox chose to draw inspiration from the life ...

Introductory text: Toussaint Louverture Général en chef de l'Armée de St. Domingue au Citoyen Raimond commissaire délégué par le Gouvernement français aux Isles-sous-le-vent. Letters (correspondence) ...

Introductory text: Touissant Breda Chef des révoltés. Général des armées du roy.... This letter was sent from Limbé commune. Letters (correspondence) - ink on paper.