The life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Subtitle: the Negro patriot of Hayti ; comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period
By: Beard, Rev. John Relly, 1800-1876
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Revolutionaries; Biography; Generals; Slavery; History
Other titles: Toussaint L'Ouverture :; North American slave narratives.
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This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

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Transcribed from: The life of Toussaint L'Ouverture : the Negro patriot of Hayti ; comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period / by the Rev. John R. Beard. London : Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1853. xi, 335 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.

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Table of contents: title: Bk 1. From the commencement of the struggle for liberty in Hayti to the full establishment of Toussaint L'Ouverture's power; title: Bk 2. From the fitting out of the expedition by Bonaparte against Saint Domingo to the submission of Toussaint L'Ouverture; title: Bk 3. From the ravages of yellow fever in Hayti until the deposition and death of its liberator; title: Bk 4. From the evacuation of Hayti by the French to the present time.