increase in the popularity of sugar, the French colony of Saint Domingue became one of the worlds largest sugar producers. With sugar came problems for the many enslaved Africans that were forced to provide manual labor for the colony's sugar harvesting efforts. Oppression, violence, inequality (of a caste-like system), and many other hardships led to hard feelings between the Africans and their white masters, the French. (Talk about here that the slaves in america were facing the same type of thing that
Louverture, deported him to France, along with family members, where he died in prison in 1803(Mckay et al). To that end, Toussaint’s dream of winning independence for Haitians was accomplished by Lieutenant Jean Dessalines. Nessler (2016) noted Toussaint said, “I said to trim the tree, not uproot it” (p135). In examining Toussaint Louverture’s early beginnings the evidence revealed the path was paved for his life of service to humanity. Toussaint was a slave, but experienced a life that provided the tools
entitled “Toussaint Louverture.” Within this speech, he told of the Haitian revolution and then connected it to its relevance within the United States specifically at the time during the Civil War. For his primarily American audience, this introduction is an effective one that drives the reader’s desire to continue on with additional chapters. There is an understanding that the reader knows some information regarding the Haitian Revolution which allows Clavin to delve into specifics about certain occurrences