Who was François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, and what is this comic about?

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (c.1743–1803) was verified through Encyclopaedia Britannica, BlackPast, and History Today source metadata. These sources identify him as a formerly enslaved central leader of the Haitian Revolution who rose to govern Saint-Domingue, was captured by French/Napoleonic forces in 1802, deported and imprisoned at Fort de Joux, and died there on April 7, 1803. His worth is world-historical: he helped organize the struggle for emancipation and self-rule whose momentum carried into Haiti’s 1804 independence, the first Black republic.

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Page 1 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - Louverture is introduced as a man born into slavery who learns the machinery of power from inside the gate.
Louverture is introduced as a man born into slavery who learns the machinery of power from inside the gate.
Page 2 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - The revolt in Saint-Domingue becomes organized movement rather than only fire and rage.
The revolt in Saint-Domingue becomes organized movement rather than only fire and rage.
Page 3 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - Toussaint builds roads, alliances, discipline, and military strategy to defend emancipation.
Toussaint builds roads, alliances, discipline, and military strategy to defend emancipation.
Page 4 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - As governor, he tries to preserve freedom while French imperial pressure gathers offshore.
As governor, he tries to preserve freedom while French imperial pressure gathers offshore.
Page 5 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - Napoleon’s 1802 expedition turns negotiation into arrest, deportation, and exile.
Napoleon’s 1802 expedition turns negotiation into arrest, deportation, and exile.
Page 6 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - Fort de Joux becomes the cold stone cage where France tries to erase him.
Fort de Joux becomes the cold stone cage where France tries to erase him.
Page 7 of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture: Toussaint Louverture: Open Gate - His death in 1803 is followed by Haitian independence in 1804: the gate opens without him.
His death in 1803 is followed by Haitian independence in 1804: the gate opens without him.