TY - BOOK AU - Scherman,Katharine TI - The slave who freed Haiti: the story of Toussaint Louverture T2 - World landmark books U1 - 923.27294 PY - 1954///] CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Toussaint Louverture, N2 - In mid-18th century Haiti, then a French colony, the Negro slaves were tortured and oppressed by the French planters. This biography tells how one of these slaves, Toussaint Louverture, defied the French government to lead the people of Haiti toward freedom and independence ER -