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Here is an annotated, scholarly, multilingual edition of the only lengthy text ever personally written by Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture: the memoirs he wrote shortly before his death in the French prison of Fort de Joux. The translation is based on an original copy in Louverture's hand never previously published.

In June, 1802, the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture was captured by special order of Napoleon Bonaparte and deported to mainland France where he spent the remainder of his life in the prison of Fort de Joux. To defend his name and secure his release, Louverture wrote a vivid account of his career. Philippe Girard presents an annotated and multilingual edition of the memoir, painting a nuanced portrait of the Haitian Revolution's most...

In this ambitious book, Girard employs the latest tools of the historian's craft, multi-archival research in particular, and applies them to the climactic yet poorly understood last years of the Haitian Revolution. Haiti lost most of its archives to neglect and theft, but a substantial number of documents survive in French, U.S., British, and Spanish collections, both public and private. In all, this book relies on contemporary military, comme...