Night Of Fire: The Black Napoleon And The Battle For HaitiThe largest, and only successful, slave revolt in history took place in Haiti shortly after the French Revolution. First organized by a voodoo priest, the rebellion soon came under the leadership of an educated, Catholic slave named Toussaint Louverture -- a man of such military and political skill that he was referred to by contemporaries as the "Black Napoleon". |
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The Night of Fire | 1 |
The Slaves | 11 |
The Rise of Toussaint Louverture | 29 |
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