Toussaint+L’Ouverture

Toussaint L'Ouverturewas the leader of the Haitian Revolution. L'Ouverture led enslaved Africans to victory over Europeans, abolishes slavery, and secured native control over the colony in 1797 while nominally govenor of the colony. Between the years 1800 and 1802, Toussaint Louverture tried to rebuild the already collapsed economy of Haiti and reestablish commercial contacts with the United Sates and Great Britian.

Created by Anna Mack on February 10, 2009