TY - BOOK ID - 77917672 TI - Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture : the negro patriot of Hayti, comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period PY - 2012 SN - 1469607891 1469607883 9781469607887 1469607875 9781469607870 9781469607870 1469607875 9798890846327 PB - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, DB - UniCat KW - Generals KW - Revolutionaries KW - Toussaint Louverture, KW - Haiti KW - History KW - Toussaint-Bréda, Pierre Dominique, KW - Bréda, Pierre Dominique Toussaint-, KW - Toussaint, François Dominique, KW - Toussaint, Pierre Dominique, KW - Louverture, Toussaint, KW - Ouverture, Toussaint L', KW - Ṭusain Luverṭir, KW - Toussaint Louverture, Pierre Dominique, KW - Toussaint L'Ouverture, François-Dominique, KW - L'Overture, Toussaint, KW - טוסיין לוברטיר, KW - Tousen Breda, Franswa Dominik, KW - Breda, Franswa Dominik Tousen, KW - Lauverture, KW - Louverture, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77917672 AB - Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) won international renown in the Haitian fight for independence. He led thousands of former slaves into battle against French, Spanish, and English forces, routing the Europeans and seizing control of the entire island of Hispaniola. L'Ouverture became governor and commander-in-chief of Haiti before officially acknowledging French rule in 1801, when he submitted a newly written constitution to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and the French legislature for ratification. In response, Bonaparte sent an army to depose L'Ouverture, who was taken prisoner in June of 1 ER -