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 * TOUSAINT L'OVERTURE**

Hello, my name is Tousaint LOverture, I was born 20th May 1743, I was leader of the Haitian Revolution and freed many blacks in this process. I also went to Santo Domingo, and freed even more blacks. I fought alongside the spanish, and when I got really bored I began alongside the French. I was considered a very important person and I was amazing at fighting and freeing people when they weren't looking, I considered myself as a very lucky person. Although I hated slavery I was in touch with slavery often, and lead many troops against the 10, 000 British soliders. In 1795 I was put into control for the first time and became the leader of most of two provinces, and this became my greatest achievement ever. I had to lieutenants, their names, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe. However hard I fought, I never truly suceeded in taking over the South from André Riguad, and whenever me and my troop tried to fight him it always made him more confident in suceeding and not letting go of his land. However, by June 1795 the British had been taken back to the coastline and left there for several days, and a month later the Spanish gave up and went back to their homeland to sulk. During the time me and my troops were trying to grab the South from André Rigaud, the Spanish had managed to suceed in getting the eastern to two thirds of the island and this included our favorite island, Santo Domingo, away from us, as you could imagine we were distraught.

After this, the news of the french rebellion had spread everywhere these were the main words that were used to describe it, Liberté, égalité and fraternite. As a result these words had spread to Santo Domingo, and it made us even more distraught, not a very good idea, it also had a powerful impact on the island, an everything started to go pearshaped (in other words horribly wrong). I was totally against the idea of being destruction by our rebels, me and my liutenants were very angry.