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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Santo Domingo, (search)
ccordance with the spirit of the treaties with France in 1778. Toussaint l'ouverture, an able negro, became a trusted military leader in Ho Domingo, in 1791. When the English invaded the island in 1793, Toussaint, who had resisted the claims of the French to the island, perceiveople by wise and energetic measures, when a civil war broke out. Toussaint restored order, and, in January, Toussaint L'ouverture. 1801, tToussaint L'ouverture. 1801, the whole island became subject to his sway, and he assumed the government. A constitution was drawn up by which he was named President for life. Toussaint sent it to Bonaparte, who angrily exclaimed, He is a revolted slave, whom we must punish; the honor of France is outraged. Hssels, to subdue the usurper. Leclerc arrived in January, 1802. Toussaint regarded this armament as an instrument of enslavement for himselere massacred by the infuriated negroes. Peace was restored, and Toussaint was treacherously seized, taken to France, and starved to death i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Toussaint, Francois Dominique (search)
Toussaint, Francois Dominique See Santo Domingo.