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008			160418s2016 nyu b 001 0beng
010			_a 2016018088
020			_a9780465094134 (hardcover)
020			_z9780465094141 (e-book)
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050	0	0	_aF1923.T69 _bG57 2016
082	0	0	_a972.94/03092 _aB _223
100	1		_aGirard, Philippe R.,
245	1	0	_aToussaint Louverture : _ba revolutionary life / _cPhilippe Girard.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c[2016]
300			_a340 pages; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	0		_a"Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. It began on Saint-Domingue, the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, where he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to earn his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard tells the incredible tale of how Louverture transformed himself from lowly freedman to revolutionary hero. Working as a coachman for his wealthy, white owners, Louverture traveled across Saint-Domingue, building a network among slaves and free blacks that would form the basis of the slave revolt he engineered in 1791. What followed was a decade of unprecedented bloodletting: about 200,000 people in the colony of Saint-Domingue were killed in battle or murdered. By 1801, Louverture was general and governor of the colony, now called Haiti. But his lifelong quest to be accepted as a member of the French colonial elite ended in despair: in 1802, on Napoleon's orders, he was exiled to France, where he spent the last year of his life in a prison cell. Ten years in the making, Toussaint Louverture is based on extensive archival research in France, Britain, Spain, the United States, and the Caribbean. The book contains many revelations about Louverture's life, from a previously unknown first marriage to the circumstances of his manumission, his exact role in the outbreak of the 1791 Haitian slave revolt, his actions as governor of France's richest colony, and the tragic nature of his death."--Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aToussaint Louverture, _d1743-1803.
651		0	_aHaiti _xHistory _yRevolution, 1791-1804 _vBiography.
650		0	_aRevolutionaries _zHaiti _vBiography.
650		0	_aGenerals _zHaiti _vBiography.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aGirard, Philippe R., author. _tToussaint Louverture _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Basic Books, [2016] _z9780465094141 _w(DLC) 2016018559
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