Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti (Saint Domingue), early 19th cent.

Profile of the leader of the slave revolt in St. Domingue. Despite a variety of images of Toussaint, none were actually drawn from life (see also other images of Toussaint on this website).

Image Title

Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti (Saint Domingue), early 19th cent.

RegID

SI-OB-535

Date

1832

Title

Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haiti (Saint Domingue), early 19th cent.

Source

Iconographie des Contemporains Depuis 1789 Jusqu'a 1820 (Paris, 1832), as published in Wilson Armistead, A Tribute for the Negro: being a vindication of the coloured portion of mankind (Manchester, 1848), between pp. 278 and 279.

Language

English, French

Item sets

Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals

Spatial Coverage

Caribbean--St. Domingue

Reproduced In

Wilson Armistead, A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Coloured Portion of Mankind (Manchester, 1848), 278-279.

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Last Updated

14-Jul-10

Identifier

toussaint