Toussaint L’Ouverture

“I was born a slave, but nature gave me the soul of a free man.”

• 19. In 1793 L'Ouverture drove French forces from what country, making it the first Latin American country to free itself from European rule?   (GPS.06.SS.L.SS6H2.c) A.  Honduras 

B.  Jamaica 

C.  Haiti 

D.  Mexico. 

• François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (May 20, 1743 – April 7, 1803) was the leader of the Haitian Revolution.

• He was a military and political genius.

• His abilities led to the independent black state of Haiti.

• He helped change an entire society of slaves into a free, self-governing people.

• The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.

• He began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint Domingue.

• At first he was on the side of the Spanish.

• Then the French got rid of slavery, so he switched to their side and fought the British and Spanish.

• Slowly he gained control over the whole island.

• The French changed their minds and set up slavery again in Haiti.

• Haiti went to war with France.

• 1801 – L’Ouverture made his colony independent from France and wrote a constitution.

• He set himself up as governor for life

• By 1803 Napoleon was tired of fighting Haiti: he & L’Ouverture agreed to terms of peace.

• Napoleon agreed to recognize Haitian independence.

• L’Ouverture agreed to retire.

• The French invited L’Ouverture to come to a negotiating meeting with full safe conduct.

• When he arrived, the French (at Napoleon's orders) betrayed the safe conduct and arrested him, putting him on a ship headed for France.

• Napoleon ordered that L’Ouverture be placed in a prison dungeon in the mountains, and murdered by means of cold, starvation, and neglect.

• L’Ouverture died in prison, but others carried on the fight for freedom.

Choice

• Write an obituary for Toussaint L’Ouverture.

• Write a short play describing the scene where L’Ouverture is double-crossed by Napolean.

• Draw a “comics” panel of the double-crossing scene.

• Whitney Houston Obituary• 8/9/1963 - 2/11/2012• LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston's last

days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

• Songs include “I Will always Love You”, from the film “The Bodyguard”.

• Officials have released few details about how Houston was found or what killed her.

• PLAY• ACT I - [describe where Act I takes place] • CHARACTER #1:

Indicate here the opening words that Character #1 will say.

• CHARACTER #2:[you can use brackets to show how the line should be read - surprised? angry? sad?] Indicate here the opening words that Character #2 will say

Comic Panels