Author: Toussaint L'ouverture
publisher name: Verso Books
ISBN: 9781844672615
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first free black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the liberation theologian and former Haitian president, demonstrates L'Ouverture's profound contribution to the struggle for equality.