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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

Summary: 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."

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 62 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.

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General Note:
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Melissa Meeks and Elizabeth S. Wright. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Matthew Kern and Elizabeth S. Wright.
This electronic edition has been transcribed from a microfilm supplied by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Nov. 14, 2003).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and SGML) and images (JPEG).
Original Version Note:
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.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files.
Subject:
Toussaint Louverture 1743-1803
Black people Haiti Biography
Generals Haiti Biography
Revolutionaries Haiti Biography
Slavery Haiti History
Enslaved persons Haiti Biography
Haiti History
Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804
Genre:
Slave narratives.

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