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Toussaint L'Ouverture : letters from a French dungeon: includes his personal memoir and other select letters / by Toussaint L'ouverture ; translation by John Relly Beard.
Van Pelt Library F1923.T69 A313 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.
- Toussaint Louverture.
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Correspondence.
- Constitutions--Haiti.
- Constitutions.
- Revolutionaries--Haiti--20th century--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- Haiti--History--Revolution, 1843.
- Haiti.
- Physical Description:
- 91 pages, 1 unnunbered page : illustration ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- Las Vegas, NV : [Place of manufacturer not identified], 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Abbott Classics, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This volume contains select personal letters, correspondence, and communications of the Haitian leader during the time just before and during his imprisonment at Fort de Joux in France. These letters and L'ouverture's memoir give insight into the man he was and the revolution itself."-- Amazon.com
- Contents:
- Memoir
- Letters
- Letter to Biassou
- Conversation with Sonthonax
- 1801 Proclamation
- Letter to Bonaparte on the Constitution
- Final Proclamation, 1801
- Letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1802
- July Letter to Bonaparte
- Letter to Decrès 1802
- Second Letter to Bonaparte
- Toussant to the Commandant of Fort de Joux
- Appendix: Constitution
- Notes:
- "Bonus materials include: Toussaint L'Ouverture's memoir, 1801 Proclamation, 1801 National Constitution"--Front cover.
- "First published & English translation 1853"--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 9798328346740
- OCLC:
- 1517957393
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