St. Domingo, its revolution and its hero, Toussaint Louverture.

Name: St. Domingo, its revolution and its hero, Toussaint Louverture.
Author: Charles Wyllys Elliott

By Charles Wyllys Elliott

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The discourse surveys the colony's exploitation under plantation agriculture and the transatlantic slave trade, outlines the social divisions among wealthy planters, poor whites, free people of color, and enslaved Africans, and recounts repeated insurrections leading to a revolutionary upheaval. It offers a condensed life of Toussaint Louverture, following his rise from slavery to military and political leadership, the island's brief emancipation and prosperity, renewed warfare with metropolitan forces, and the eventual treachery, defeat, and death of the leader, concluding with the revolution's consequences for the colony.

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Charles Wyllys Elliott

Charles Wyllys Elliott was an American author and historian known for his contributions to the study of ceramics and the history of the Haitian Revolution. His notable works include "Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876," which explores the evolution of ceramic art, and "St. Domingo, its revolution and its hero, Toussaint Louverture," a detailed account of the pivotal events in Haiti's fight for independence. Elliott's writings reflect a keen interest in both material culture and significant historical movements, making him a valuable figure in American historical literature.