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BirthBréda plantation at Haut-du-Cap, Saint-DomingueIn Brief
Birth of Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture, the formerly enslaved commander, governor-general of Saint-Domingue and leading figure of its revolution, was born on the Bréda plantation at Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue around 1743, the son of Hippolyte, an enslaved Allada man, and Pauline, an enslaved Aja woman.