Toussaint Louverture Quotes

Toussaint Louverture (Haitian revolutionary leader, 1743 – 1803). Below are 1 quotes by Toussaint Louverture from QuotePlace, each as a beautiful quote card.

Haitian revolutionary leader · 1743 – 1803

Formerly enslaved leader of the Haitian Revolution who defeated French, Spanish and British forces and abolished slavery in Saint-Domingue. His generalship and statecraft laid the ground for Haiti, the first free Black republic.

Quotes by Toussaint Louverture

1.In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in Saint-Domingue; it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.

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In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in Saint-Domingue; it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep. — Toussaint Louverture
In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in Saint-Domingue; it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.
Toussaint Louverture
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