Toussaint l'Ouverture: Fighting for Haitian Independence

by Richard Worth

Toussaint L'Ouverture was an eighteenth-century military hero who led the Haitian Revolution, one of the greatest and most successful slave uprisings in the world. L'Ouverture believed strongly in both racial equality and anticolonialism, and he not only led the revolution against French control of Haiti but also created a prosperous autonomous colony before breaking ties with France. Unfortunately, L'Ouverture died in exile before seeing the fruits...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076608521X
• ISBN13: 9780766085213
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12