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TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE. By: Jazz Thomas. HAITIANS REVOLUTION. L’ouverture Biography. *Believed that God wish slavery to be abolished and had called him to lead Haiti out of enslavement , he engage in the revolt. *Age of 33 gained freedom. * Led the Haitian Revolution.
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TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE By: Jazz Thomas
L’ouverture Biography *Believed that God wish slavery to be abolished and had called him to lead Haiti out of enslavement , he engage in the revolt *Age of 33 gained freedom. * Led the Haitian Revolution *Slaves eventually won their independence from the French slave Owners.
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