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Open the door to liberty! : a biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture /

Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves on the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rockwell, Anne F.
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Subjects:
Toussaint Louverture, > 1743-1803 > Juvenile literature.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804 > Juvenile literature.
Revolutionaries > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Generals > Haiti > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Toussaint Louverture, > 1743?-1803.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804.
Revolutionaries > Haiti > Biography.
Generals > Haiti > Biography.
Description
Summary:Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves on the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.
Physical Description:64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).
ISBN:9780618605705
0618605703