Toussaint L'Overture Comic
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- Yippee
- It began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue (later Haiti). Though born into slavery in Saint Domingue, Toussaint learned of Africa from his father, who had been born a free man there.
- Back to work everyone!!
- Toussaint joined the rebellion early on as a general but did not become the leader of the slave rebellion until 1798. He would come to be known as Toussaint L'Ouverture (the one who finds an opening) and brilliantly led his rag-tag slave army.
- So they again considered the issue of “equality” and voted to end slavery in the French colonies, including what was now known as Haiti. There was jubilation among the blacks in Haiti, and Toussaint agreed to help the French army eject the British and Spanish.
- Your Under Arrest
- In France, the Jacobins lost power. People finally tired of blood flowing in the streets and sent Maximilian Robespierre to the guillotine, ending the Reign of Terror. A reaction set in. The French people wanted to get back to business.
- By 1803 Napoleon was ready to get Haiti off his back: he and Toussaint agreed to terms of peace. Napoleon agreed to recognize Haitian independence and Toussaint agreed to retire from public life.
- French invited Toussaint to come to a negotiating meeting with full safe conduct. When he arrived, the French (at Napoleon's orders) betrayed the safe conduct and arrested him, putting him on a ship headed for France.
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