This poster celebrates a great hero of the 18th century and the leader of Haiti’s revolution, Toussaint L’Ouverture.
L’Ouverture led the world’s greatest uprising against the European slave system. His forces defeated armies from France, Spain, and England, and they opened the road to independence and emancipation.
The French eventually kidnapped him and removed from his homeland. The United States would do the same two hundred years later to Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide.
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| Poster Dimensions | 11×17" |
|---|---|
| Print Type | Digital (Union Printed at RLM World Headquarters) |
| Year Created | 2005 |
| SKU | p810 |
| Categories | Democracy, Global South: Latin America & Caribbean, Posters |
| Tags | aristide, black, emancipation, enslavement, france, haiti, haitian revolution, independence, insurrection, liberation, liberty, people's history, slavery, toussaint l'ouverture, uprising |
