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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462247503321

Autore

Beard J. R (John Relly), <1800-1876.>

Titolo

Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture [[electronic resource] ] : 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 / / by John Relly Beard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4696-0789-1

1-4696-0788-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

900

972.94030924

Soggetti

Revolutionaries - Haiti

Generals - Haiti

Electronic books.

Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

About This Edition; Summary; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; THE LIFE OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.; BOOK I.; FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN HAYTI TO THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE'S POWER.; BOOK II.; FROM THE FITTING OUT OF THE EXPEDITION BY BONAPARTE AGAINST SAINT DOMINGO TO THE SUBMISSION OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.; BOOK III.; FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE YELLOW FEVER IN HAYTI UNTIL THE DEPORTATION AND DEATH OF ITS LIBERATOR.; BOOK IV.; FROM THE EVACUATION OF HAYTI BY THE FRENCH TO THE PRESENT TIME.; NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Sommario/riassunto

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

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910626130003321

Titolo

International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks : [proceedings]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Los Alamitos, Calif.], : [IEEE Computer Society Press]

ISSN

2375-527X

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Parallel processing (Electronic computers)

Computer architecture

Computer algorithms

Computer networks

Parallélisme (Informatique)

Ordinateurs - Architecture

Algorithmes

Réseaux d'ordinateurs

Periodicals.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico