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In short summary Toussaint Louverture was a brilliant strategist and Dessalines was absolutely ruthless.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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Despite months of formal requests to humanitarian actors, neighboring Camp Toussaint Louverture still does not have water.
Mark Schuller: Rainy Season Exposes Precariousness of Haiti's Homeless Camps Mark Schuller 2011
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Sure, we brag about Louverture; we even sing the praises of the TransAfrica Forum and other groups that champion Haitian self-determination and effective governance.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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I think that most historians would consider Toussaint Louverture to have been the leader of the revolution.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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We need the revolutionary spirit of Louverture and other slaves to course through our veins.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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Sure, we brag about Louverture; we even sing the praises of the TransAfrica Forum and other groups that champion Haitian self-determination and effective governance.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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In 1804, the nation roared into existence after a decade-long slave revolt fomented by Toussaint Louverture, which ultimately resulted in Napoleon getting beaten at his own game -- and the world's first republic winning independence from France.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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As Shorty begins to hallucinate, he—together with the reader—moves into the mind of a second man, Toussaint Louverture, the hero of Haitian liberation.
The Book That Broke the Color Line Meghan Cox Gurdon 2012
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We need the revolutionary spirit of Louverture and other slaves to course through our veins.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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In 1804, the nation roared into existence after a decade-long slave revolt fomented by Toussaint Louverture, which ultimately resulted in Napoleon getting beaten at his own game -- and the world's first republic winning independence from France.
Marcia Dyson: Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera Marcia Dyson 2010
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