Toussaint L'Ouverture

Haitian revolutionary leader

Toussaint L'Ouverture was a Haitian revolutionary leader who played a key role in the Haitian Revolution, which led to the establishment of Haiti as the first independent black nation in the world. He was a skilled military leader and strategist, and is remembered as a hero of the Haitian people. L'Ouverture was born into slavery in 1743 and rose to become one of the most powerful men in Haiti. He died in 1803, but h...