may 12, 1863 - The Black Man: His Antecedents, Genius, & Achievements // Toussaint L'Ouverture- William Wells Brown
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describes the Military conquests of Haitian Revolution hero Toussaint L'Ouverture; L'Ouverture was the military leader of the black insurrection in Haiti (then known as Saint Domingue); describes L'Ouverture's rise from a slave to a general to a governor to his death in a French prisonAdded to timeline:
Date:
may 12, 1863
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~ 162 years ago