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  • In 1789 plantation owners were furious about "Rights of Man" which applied to all men, including free black men. Slaves took their shot to freedom as conflicts between plantation owners and the free people were raging. This was the beginning of the slave revolt
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  • A formerly freed slave named Louissaint Loverture joined the revolt early on as a general but later became the leader in 1798.
  • Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture? Toussaint was simply a man who learned that he was more than just a slave, he was a man worthy of human dignity and treatment.
  •  After becoming the leader of the slave revolt, Toussaint successfully fought the French, as well as invading the Spanish and British.
  • As time passed, Toussaint proved himself to be a brilliant general, winning 7 battles in 7 days. He became a de facto governor of the colony. 
  • In 1803 Napoleon and Toussaint agreed to terms of peace. A few months later, the French had invited Toussaint to come to a negotiation meeting with full safe conduct. The French betrayed the safe conduct and threw Toussaint in a prison where he had eventually died from starvation, neglect, and the cold.
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