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Also Known As Toussaint L’Ouverture ‱ François Dominique Toussaint
Born c.1743 ‱ Haiti
Died April 7, 1803 ‱ France
Title / Office governor-general (1801-1802), Saint-Domingue
Role In Haitian Revolution

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Engraving of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines of Haiti in a blue military uniform with gold trim, shown from the waist up in an oval frame above a name plaque.
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