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Revolutions #78 · January 15, 2016 · 30m

4.9 - Toussaint Louverture

Revolutions

The rise of Toussaint Louverture — the formerly enslaved man who became the greatest military and political leader of the Haitian Revolution, outmaneuvering the Spanish, British, and French empires.

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Biographies as mentors — Toussaint modeled himself on Caesar and the Enlightenment philosophers
Toussaint, though formerly enslaved, was literate and educated. He modeled his military strategy on Caesar and his political philosophy on the Enlightenment thinkers who inspired the French Revolution.
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Highlights

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The greatest leaders master multiple domains simultaneously
Toussaint was simultaneously a military commander, diplomat, politician, and administrator. He defeated British, Spanish, and French forces while building a functioning state from the ruins of a slave colony.
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