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Latin American Revolutions Toussaint Louverture & Haiti Daisy, Curtavia, Alex, Alberto

Mr. Louverture Himself ● Francois - Dominique Toussaint Louverture ● Born - May 20th on the year of 1743 ● Died - April 7th on the year of 1803 at the age of 59 ● Nickname - The Black Napoleon ● He started in the Spanish army but switched to the French army when they abolished slavery ● He was the leader of the Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution! One of the most largest most successful slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere was the Haitian Revolution. By 1791-1803 slaves were able to end not just slavery but the French’s control over their colony. The leader of this great rebellion was Mr. Toussaint Louverture himself!

On January 1st , 1804, haiti was renamed and declared independence. Haiti soon was known as the second nation in the western hemisphere(after the U.S) to gain their independence from a european power.

References http://www.badassoftheweek.com/toussaint.html war pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture portrite http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804 http://whitecolonialism.tumblr.com/post/39377383726/january-1-1803-haiti-proclaims-itself http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804#sthash.8CTWm87B.dpuf http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html Thomas O. Ott, The Haitian Revolution 1789-1804 (Knoxville, Tennessee:University of Tennessee, 1973); http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution1791-1804#sthash.8CTWm87B.dpuf

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