Toussaint Bréda
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Toussaint Bréda, better known as Toussaint Louverture, was the formerly enslaved leader who became the principal architect and military strategist of the Haitian Revolution and a founding figure of Haiti’s independence movement.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louverture | 1 |
| Toussaint | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
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human ⓘ military commander ⓘ revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Toussaint Louverture
ⓘ
Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
surface form:
Toussaint L’Ouverture
|
| capturedBy | French authorities ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
monuments in Haiti
ⓘ
public holidays and memorials in Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
French colony of Saint-Domingue
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
|
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1743 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1803-04-07 ⓘ |
| enslavedStatus | formerly enslaved person ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Bréda ⓘ |
| givenName |
Toussaint Bréda
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Toussaint
|
| hasParticularSignificanceFor |
history of Haiti
ⓘ
history of slavery and emancipation ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Fort de Joux ⓘ |
| influenced | Haitian independence leaders ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Revolution ideals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement |
Haitian Revolution
ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Haitian Revolution
ⓘ
role in the independence movement of Haiti ⓘ struggle against slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Haitian Revolution
ⓘ
War of the Knives ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cap-Français region
NERFINISHED
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French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
|
| placeOfDeath | Fort de Joux ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander-in-chief of the colonial army of Saint-Domingue
ⓘ
Governor-General of Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedOn | abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Louverture
this entity surface form:
Toussaint