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Birthdate
Toussaint l'Ouverture was born in Bréda, Haiti to enslaved parents. -
Master freed him at 33
Master freed him when he got married. -
Married Suzanne Simone Baptiste
Soon after his liberation, Toussaint married Suzanne Simone Baptiste and had two children with her. -
Toussaint becomes rebel slave
Mulattos and whites of West Province join forces against revolutionaries and rebel slaves. Soon after, Toussaint joins rebel slaves. -
Nation Assembly Reviosion #1
National Assembly reversed its decision, leaving status of mulattos and free Negroes to discretion of Colonial Assemblies. Whites and black breakout in violence. -
Massacre in Port-au-Prince
Petits blancs massacre people of color in Port-au-Prince -
The French legislative assembly extends full rights of citizenship to free people of color or Mulattoes
This was basically the French Civil Rights movement. -
Nation Assembly revision #2
National Assembly again reverses decision, decrees equality for all freeborn men irrespective of color -
War between French and Spanish
War commences between French Saint-Domingue and Spanish Santo Domingo. -
Joined Spanish army
Joined Spanish army to find a way to end slavery. -
Toussaint deserts the Spanish to join the French
Toussaint deserts the Spanish to join the French -
Controlled most of two provinces
By 1795, Toussaint controlled most of two provinces. -
Named Commander in Chief
In May 1797 Sonthonax named Toussaint Louverture commander-in-chief of the French republican army in Saint-Domingue. -
Signs A Treaty With The French In Cap-Haïtien
signed a treaty with the French in Cap-Haïtien, with the condition that there would be no return to slavery. -
Date of death
While in prison, he died of pneumonia
