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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.
After being betrayed and arrested by French authorities, Toussaint Louverture was deported to France and imprisoned in Fort-de-Joux. This facility is a cold, remote mountain fortress located in the Jura Mountains. He remained confined and was repeatedly interrogated there until his death in April 1803.21