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She stopped abruptly before the name L'Ouverture, remembering that it would not be acceptable to all the present company.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Harriet Martineau 1839
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It did so in the late 1790s and early 1800s under the generalships of the legendary Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jacques Dessalines and it has seemed that ever since that day the country has been made to do a penance for such an insolence — with that independence being twisted into a rough abandonment, save for the plundering by nearby powers, Haiti unfortunately still needed to get by from day to day.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Dressing up as a Nazi in Ohio seems like going to France and dressing as, er, an evil Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Rich Iott -- a Nazi bit of reenacting work Alexandra Petri 2010
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In 1801 the slave population, led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, had effectively achieved independence, only for Napoleonic troops to attempt to re-establish control.
Letter 129 2009
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L'Ouverture led the slave uprising that established Haiti in 1804.
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It did so in the late 1790s and early 1800s under the generalships of the legendary Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jacques Dessalines and it has seemed that ever since that day the country has been made to do a penance for such an insolence — with that independence being twisted into a rough abandonment, save for the plundering by nearby powers, Haiti unfortunately still needed to get by from day to day.
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On Thursday, more than 100 paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne arrived at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport overnight, boosting the U.S. military presence to several hundred on the ground, and others have arrived off Port-au-Prince harbor on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
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Senegal is where we hail from, the details noting a group of warrior brothers from there ending up in Haiti fighting against Napoleon's troops for Henri Chrsitophe — a L'Ouverture General.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Senegal is where we hail from, the details noting a group of warrior brothers from there ending up in Haiti fighting against Napoleon's troops for Henri Chrsitophe — a L'Ouverture General.
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The invitation promised "A Revolution in Lipstick," but Ms. Zoe, dressed in a one-shouldered jump suit, hadn't modeled her revolution after that of Toussaint L'Ouverture, or Che Guevara.
A Stylist's Roll-On Face 'Revolution' Lizzie Simon 2011
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