Toussaint louverture

Artist: Ulrick Jean Pierre

The film industry has spent many years trying to recreate the Haitian Revolution, but all previous attempts have failed. However, in February, a two-part television

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Toussaint L’Ouverture was a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave revolt in modern history known as the Haitian Revolution. Born into slavery on May 20, 1743 in the French colony of Saint Dominque, L’Ouverture was the eldest son of Gaou Guinon, an African prince … Read MoreToussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803)

Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) helped transform the insurgency in Haiti into a revolutionary movement, which by 1800 had turned San Domingue, the most prosperous slave colony of the time, into the first free colonial society to have explicitly rejected race as the basis of social ranking.

View PORTRAIT OF FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE TOUSSAINT L'OVERTURE (1743 (19th Century) By French School, 19th Century; Oil on canvas; 28cm x 36cm ; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.