Reflections on the life and times of Toussaint L'Overture
Subtitle: the Negro Haytien, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, ruler under the dominion of France, and author of the independence of Hayti
By: by D. Augustus Straker
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: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Black people; Biography; Slaves; Revolutionaries; Generals; Slavery; History
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Description: Written not only as a narrative of Toussaint L'Overture's life, but also as a way to demonstrate black potential. L'Overture was a Haitian slave born around 1745. He and other slaves secured their freedom during the insurrection of 1791, an uprising of slaves against their owners during the French occupation of the island. Following this struggle, Napoleon Bonaparte appointed L'Overture Commander-in-Chief of the colony. Straker provides examples to demonstrate L'Overture's justice, integrity, and other leadership qualities. Straker attributes the subsequent French aggression towards L'Overture and the Haitians, which led to the capture and death of L'Overture and his family, to Bonaparte's fear of L'Overture.  Because of his bravery and loyalty to his country, Straker deemed L'Overture the "greatest negro that ever lived before or since his time."
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed November 14, 2003)

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Transcribed from microfilm of: Reflections on the life and times of Toussaint L'Overture : the Negro Haytien, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, ruler under the dominion of France, and author of the independence of Hayti / by D. Augustus Straker. Columbia, S.C. : Charles A. Calvo, Jr., Printer and Bookbinder, 1886. 48 p. : port.

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