Toussaint Louverture, a former slave, declared himself commander in chief of the French army in Saint Domingue (modern-day Haiti), even though he was ostensibly at war with France. How he did so is ...
En 1791, les échos de la déclaration des droits de l’homme retentissent jusqu’aux Antilles. Partout, les esclaves se soulèvent. Mais à Saint-Domingue, riche possession française, la rébellion prend ...