Francois Toussaint Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/francois-toussaint/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:33:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Haitian Revolution – François Toussaint https://consciousness.co.za/haitian-revolution-francois-toussaint/ https://consciousness.co.za/haitian-revolution-francois-toussaint/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:19:09 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=1168 From: http://wikipedia.org/ Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture (20 May 1743 – 8 April 1803) Was a leader of the Haitian Revolution. Born in Saint Domingue, in a long struggle for independence Toussaint led enslaved Africans to victory over Europeans, abolished slavery, and secured native control over the colony, Haiti, in 1797 while nominally governor of the colony. [...]

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