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Toussaint-L'Ouverture was born in 1743, in the city of Cap Francais, Saint Domingue, to slave parents. Toussaint was self-educated. He acted as physician to the army and became a leader of the Haitian slave revolt, which is a 1791 black slave uprising against French colonial rule. After France abolished slavery in the territory in 1794, Toussaint supported the French rulers of the country against British invaders and was made a general in 1795.He was known as "the Precursor." In 1801 he succeeded in liberating Saint-Domingue from French control and became preside…
