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SCWPM.#271 - TBB.#B801a - Date: 2004
Grade: Unc. - Commerative issue (Without folder)
Signature: 12 - Prfx: TL
Grade: Unc. - Commerative issue (Without folder)
Signature: 12 - Prfx: TL
Description: Colour: Brown, red, and orange.
Front: Revolutionary, François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture; embossed gold foil patches; laurel wreath; Billet Commémoratif du Bicentenaire de la Constituation de T. Louverture overprint.
Back: Open book with Constitution of 1801.
Gold foil stripe with embossed designs.
Solid security thread with demetalized HAITI and flgs.
Watermark: Palm tree. - Printer: (G&D).
Size: 163 x 70 mm - Material: Paper.
More information: François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti. The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.
Toussaint Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint-Domingue; he was by then a free black man. Initially allied with the Spaniards of neighboring Santo Domingo, Toussaint switched allegiance to the French when they abolished slavery. He gradually established control over the whole island and used political and military tactics to gain dominance over his rivals. Throughout his years in power, he worked to improve the economy and security of Saint-Domingue. He restored the plantation system using paid labour, negotiated trade treaties with Britain and the United States, and maintained a large and well-disciplined army.
Front: Revolutionary, François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture; embossed gold foil patches; laurel wreath; Billet Commémoratif du Bicentenaire de la Constituation de T. Louverture overprint.
Back: Open book with Constitution of 1801.
Gold foil stripe with embossed designs.
Solid security thread with demetalized HAITI and flgs.
Watermark: Palm tree. - Printer: (G&D).
Size: 163 x 70 mm - Material: Paper.
More information: François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti. The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.
Toussaint Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint-Domingue; he was by then a free black man. Initially allied with the Spaniards of neighboring Santo Domingo, Toussaint switched allegiance to the French when they abolished slavery. He gradually established control over the whole island and used political and military tactics to gain dominance over his rivals. Throughout his years in power, he worked to improve the economy and security of Saint-Domingue. He restored the plantation system using paid labour, negotiated trade treaties with Britain and the United States, and maintained a large and well-disciplined army.
In 1801 he promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony, with himself as governor for life. In 1802 he was forced to resign by forces sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to restore French authority in the former colony. He was deported to France, where he died in 1803. The Haitian Revolution continued under his lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who declared independence in early 1804. The French had lost two-thirds of forces sent to the island in an attempt to suppress the revolution; most died of yellow fever.
