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Toussaint Louverture — Leader of the Saint-Domingue revolution, died at the Fort de Joux, c. 1743–1803
A former slave who became a general of the Republic and master of Saint-Domingue, he governed the island as its master without breaking with France; arrested by the Leclerc expedition and deported, he died at the Fort de Joux — “In overthrowing me, you have cut down only the trunk of the tree of Black liberty; it will grow back from the roots.” (Editorial synthesis)
Toussaint Louverture was born around 1743. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Toussaint Louverture was born in Saint-Domingue. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Toussaint Louverture died on 7 April 1803. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Toussaint Louverture died at the Fort de Joux. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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