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What promise did the French make to Toussaint Louverture when he surrendered?
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Toussaint Louverture
A formerly enslaved person who became the leading figure of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture helped lay the foundation for Haiti's independence.
When Toussaint Louverture agreed to surrender to French forces in May 1802, he did so after receiving explicit assurances that slavery would not be reinstated in the colony of Saint-Domingue.12
Despite this promise, the agreement was ultimately betrayed by the French authorities. Shortly after laying down his arms, Louverture was invited to a meeting under false pretenses, arrested, and deported to France. He was subsequently imprisoned in the Jura Mountains at Fort-de-Joux, where he died in April 1803.12