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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves of the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Toussaint Louverture's life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. It began on Saint-Domingue, the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere, where he witnessed first-hand the torture of the enslaved population. Yet he managed to earn his freedom and establish himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own. In Toussaint Louverture, Philippe Girard tells the incredible tale of how Louverture transformed himself from...
Publisher
King Flex Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1804: the hidden history of Haiti is a documentary film about the untold history of the Haitian Revolution. Produced by the creator of the best-selling Hidden Colors film series, 1804 goes in-depth about the four principal players who were instrumental in Haiti's independence: Makandal, Dutty Boukman, Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. This documentary gives a compelling look into the strategies, the motivation and the mindset that led...
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