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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Girard, Philippe R.
Titre(s) : Toussaint Louverture [Texte imprimé] : a revolutionary life / Philippe Girard
Édition : First edition
Publication : New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (340 pages) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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
Sujet(s) : Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)
Haïti -- 1791-1804 (Révolution)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780465094134. - ISBN 0465094139. - ISBN 9780465094141 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45369506j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45369506
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
