Often in the shadows, he had led a slave uprising across Saint-Domingue (the western part of the island of Hispaniola) with a strategic brilliance and tactical flair that set it apart from the ...
Sudhir Hazareesingh's "Black Spartacus" illuminates the remarkable Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture — and the universal importance of the revolution he led. That’s how author Sudhir Hazareesingh ...
While in exile on the island of Saint Helena, the fallen French Emperor Napoleon I said of Toussaint Louverture: “It was Josephine who made me do it. It was the greatest mistake I ever made as ...
En 1791, les échos de la déclaration des droits de l’homme retentissent jusqu’aux Antilles. Partout, les esclaves se soulèvent. Mais à Saint-Domingue, riche possession française, la rébellion prend ...
Il y a 31 ans, Massy inaugurait la première statue à l’effigie d’un homme noir, Toussaint Louverture
On le surnomme le « George Washington noir » ou le « Spartacus noir ». Toussaint Louverture, premier homme de couleur à accéder au rang de général au XVIIIe siècle, est « l'un des personnages ...
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