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In 1791 the slaves of Saint-Domingue revolted and among the leaders of this revolution, a certain Toussaint Louverture. A former slave who found himself fighting against the colonists, the English, the Spanish and then Napoleon's army... a fight that would lead to the creation of the first black Republic in the Antilles. To follow me: ▶️ Twitter: @FolleHistoire / follehistoire ▶️ Twitch: LaFolleHistoire / lafollehistoire ▶️ Instagram: lafollehistoire / lafollehistoire ▶️ uTip: https://utip.io/lafollehistoire You can: ▶️ Subscribe ▶️ Like ▶️ Share Sources: Sudhir Hazareesingh, Toussaint Louverture, Flammarion, 2020 Toussaint Louverture, the liberator • Toussaint Louverture The Liberator ( ... Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803), The black heir of the Enlightenment https://www.herodote.net/L_heritier_n... Toussaint Louverture, figure of emancipation https://www.franceculture.fr/emission... Toussaint Louverture https://www.musee-armee.fr/collection...