LEADER 04337cam a2200541 i 4500001 99100337773506421 005 20240509053309.0 008 160418s2016 nyu b 001 0beng^^ 010 2016018088 020 9780465094134 (hardcover) 020 0465094139 (hardcover) 020 |z9780465094141 (e-book) 035 (NjP)10033777-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager10033777 035 (OCoLC)ocn945797000 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDXCP |dBDX |dBTCTA |dOCLCF |dGK8 |dVKC |dIK2 |dIGA |dGVA |dYDX 042 pcc 043 nwht--- 050 00 F1923.T69 |bG57 2016 082 00 972.94/03092B |223 100 1 Girard, Philippe R. |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004041935 245 10 Toussaint Louverture : |ba revolutionary life / |cPhilippe Girard. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bBasic Books, |c[2016] 300 xi,197 pages; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Aristocrat, c. 1740 -- Child, c. 1743-1754 -- Slave, 1754 -- Revolutionary apprentice, 1757-1773 -- Family man, 1761-1785 -- Freedman, c. 1772-1779 -- Slave driver, 1779-1781 -- Muleteer, 1781-1789 -- Witness, 1788-1791 -- Rebel, 1791 -- Monarchist, 1792 -- Spanish officer, 1793-1794 -- French patriot, 1794-1796 -- Politician, 1796-1798 -- Diplomat, 1798-1800 -- Planter, 1800-1801 -- Governor general, early 1801 -- God? Late 1801 -- Renegade, early 1802 -- Prisoner, 1802-1803 -- Icon, 1803-present. 520 0 "Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. It began on Saint-Domingue, the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, where he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to earn his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard tells the incredible tale of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. Working as a coachman for his wealthy, white owners, Louverture traveled across Saint-Domingue, building a network among slaves and free blacks that would form the basis of the slave revolt he engineered in 1791. What followed was a decade of unprecedented bloodletting: about 200,000 people in the colony of Saint-Domingue were killed in battle or murdered. By 1801, Louverture was general and governor of the colony, now called Haiti. But his lifelong quest to be accepted as a member of the French colonial elite ended in despair: in 1802, on Napoleon's orders, he was exiled to France, where he spent the last year of his life in a prison cell. Ten years in the making, Toussaint Louverture is based on extensive archival research in France, Britain, Spain, the United States, and the Caribbean. The book contains many revelations about Louverture's life, from a previously unknown first marriage to the circumstances of his manumission, his exact role in the outbreak of the 1791 Haitian slave revolt, his actions as governor of France's richest colony, and the tragic nature of his death."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 Toussaint Louverture, |d1743-1803. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014569 600 17 Toussaint Louverture, |d1743-1803. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00004532 611 27 Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01354524 648 7 1791-1804 |2fast 650 0 Revolutionaries |zHaiti |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110776 650 0 Generals |zHaiti |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105104 650 7 Generals. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00939841 650 7 Revolutionaries. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01096578 651 0 Haiti |xHistory |yRevolution, 1791-1804 |vBiography. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115307 651 7 Haiti. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205135 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bf |hF1923.T69 |iG57 2016 902 kl |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20170105 904 kl |ba |hm |cb |e20170105 914 (OCoLC)ocn945797000 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240508 |eprocessed |f945797000