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Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1887. Francois Dominique Toussaint-Louverture, Haitian revolutionary leader and general, was born enslaved on the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now known as Haiti. He rose to become a general, and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.