03177nam 2200661Ia 450 991095361990332120251117092640.0979-88-908463-1-0979-88-908463-2-71-4696-0789-11-4696-0788-3(CKB)2670000000278231(EBL)1068842(OCoLC)818846392(SSID)ssj0000798860(PQKBManifestationID)11497624(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798860(PQKBWorkID)10764095(PQKB)11283698(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243936(OCoLC)875413290(MdBmJHUP)muse23334(Au-PeEL)EBL1068842(CaPaEBR)ebr10621330(CaONFJC)MIL932042(Perlego)533879(MiAaPQ)EBC1068842(EXLCZ)99267000000027823120121203d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife of Toussaint L'Ouverture 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 Beard1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20121 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-0787-5 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.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 1RevolutionariesHaitiBiographyGeneralsHaitiBiographyHaitiHistoryRevolution, 1791-1804RevolutionariesGenerals900972.94030924972.9403092Beard J. R(John Relly),1800-1876.1888954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953619903321Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture4528839UNINA