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Toussaint-Louverture


Tous·saint–Lou·ver·ture

biographical name
\ˈtü-ˌsaⁿ-ˈlü-vər-ˌtr, -ˌtyr\

Definition of TOUSSAINT-LOUVERTURE

ca 1743–1803 originally François-Dominique Toussaint Haitian gen. & liberator

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