Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life by Philippe Girard

Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life

Philippe Girard

352 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Toussaint Louverture’s life was one of hardship, triumph, and contradiction. He was born a slave on Saint-Domingue yet earned his freedom and established himself as a small-scale planter. He even purchased slaves of his own.Philippe Girard shows h...

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