12 Nineteenth Century Biographies of Toussaint L’Ouverture

DuBroca, The life of Toussaint Louverture : chief of the French rebels in St. Domingo. To which are added, interesting notes respecting several persons who have acted distinguished parts in St. Domingo (London: H.D. Symonds, 1802).

DuBroca, La vie de Toussaint-Louverture, chef des noirs insurgés de Saint-Domingue; : contenant son origine, les particularités les plus remarquables de sa jeunesse (Paris, 1802).

Marcus Rainsford, A memoir of transactions that took place in St. Domingo, in the spring of 1799; affording an idea of the present state of that country, the real character of its black governor, Touissant L’Ouverture, and the safety of our West-India islands from attack or revolt; including the rescue of a British officer under sentence of death. (London: R.B. Scott, 1802).

Charles-Yves Cousin d’Avallon, Histoire de Toussaint-Louverture, chef des Noirs insurgés de Saint-Domingue; précédée d’un coup d’œil politique sur cette colonie : et suivie d’anecdotes et faits particuliers concernant ce chef des Noirs, et les agens directoriaux envoyés dans cette partie du nouveau-monde, pendant le cours de la Révolution (Paris, Pillot, 1802).

James Stephen, Buonaparte in the West Indies; or, The history of Toussaint Louverture, the African hero (London: J. Hatchard, 1803).

James McCune Smith, A lecture on the Haytien revolutions; with a sketch of the character of Toussaint L’Ouverture. Delivered at the Stuyvesant Institute … February 26, 1841 (New York: Daniel Fanshaw, 1841).

Joseph Saint-Rémy, Vie de Toussaint-L’Ouverture (Paris: Moquet, 1850).

C.M.B. A glimpse of Hayti, and her negro chief (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1850).

John Relly Beard, The life of Toussaint L’Ouverture: the Negro patriot of Hayti: comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period (London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853).

Charles Wyllys Elliott, St. Domingo, its révolution and its hero, Toussaint Louverture (New-York, J. A. Dix, 1855).

James Redpath, Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography (Boston: James Redpath, 1863).

Thomas-Prosper Gragnon-Lacoste, Toussaint Louverture, général en chef de l’armée de Saint-Domingue, surnommé le premier des Noirs (Paris, A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1877).

Image: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. “Toussaint L’Ouverture, Governor of St. Domingo, 1802.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections.