Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
Toussaint Louverture's groundbreaking revolutionary war against slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue has earned him a well-deserved place in the history of anti-colonial movements. Despite his arrest and subsequent deportation to France, he is remembered as one of the founders of the first Haitian nation. Metellus goes beyond this image of the Haitian leader and captures him in all his complexity; his limits as a human being and as a leader. However, Metellus ultimately wants us to remember Toussaint Louverture as one of the founders of the anticolonial movement.
Recommended Citation
Metellus, Jean
(2004)
"Portrait: les nombreuses facettes de Toussaint Louverture,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 62:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol62/iss1/4
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