Toussaint Louverture was born a slave on the Breda Plantation, so it...

May 20th 1743 Toussaint Louverture was born a slave on the Breda Plantation, so it is said. History shows that Toussaint Louverture is the grand son of the African King of Arada. Some say that Francois Dominique Toussaint was born on May 20th 1746. Some say that "Breda" was the name of the estate on which he was born, hence his name Francois Dominique Toussaint Breda. Some say Toussaint Louverture was an ancien libre or freed slave of long standing from Plaine du Nord; however, others believe Toussaint Louverture was born in au Haut du Cap on the Habitation of the Comte de Noé to his father Hippolite and mother Pauline but... Noone seem to deny the fact that Tousaint Louverture was the son of an Arada Prince called Gaou-Ginou, one reason why some people want to call him "Toussaint Guinou Louverture" the African Prince "born in captivity", unless you believe the other rumor that his godfather, Pierre Baptiste Simon, was actually his real father! Anyway, here is the royal story of Toussaint Louverture the one I like: In 1724, the King of Arada died leaving two sons. Older brother Hussar, and younger brother Gaou Guinou. The King-Conqueror Agadja Dossou, King Of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin), invaded the Kingdom of Arada and Prince Hussar disapeared. Prince Gaou Ginou, who was heir to the throne of Arada, chose to accompany his vanquished soldiers in exile instead of succeding his father to the throne of Arada. On that year of 1724, Saint Domingue received 10 to 12.000 slaves largely coming from Arada. Amongst the slaves was Prince Gaou Ginou. When the slaves arrived in Saint Domingue, Prince Gaou Guinou was baptized "Hyppolite" and he was sold to the Comte de Noé in the North of Saint Domingue. Hippolite (Prince Gaou Guinou) had a wife and two children. His wife, daughter of King Affiba, King of the Aguias, was baptized Catherine when she arrived in Saint Domingue. Catherine (Gaou Ginou's wife and princess of Aguias) and the two kids were sold to Mr. De La Fontaine, near aux Cayes. Hippolite (Prince Gaou Guinou) married another woman named Pauline. Hippolite and Pauline had five children: Francois Dominique Toussaint, the eldest born, Jean Baptiste, Marie-Noel, the other one is known as Mrs Claude Martin whose husband was a colonel, and the youngest was named Gaou because, it is said, he looked so much like his grand father, the king of Arada. There you have it, Toussaint was not born a slave in the breda Plantation on May 20, 1743. Toussaint Louverture was born a free man, the eldest son of Prince Gaou Guinou (Hippolite), heir to the throne of Arada. Based on an article written by Max G. Beauvoir http://www.toussaintlouverturehs.org/Man...   More about Haiti in May What else happened in Haiti in the month of May? Dessalines formulates the first constitution of Haiti as an... President Vincent's term ends; Elie Lescot takes office Toussaint left the Spanish and joined the French forces. Benoit Batraville was killed by the US Marines near Lascahobas Haiti. General Toussaint Louverture signed a treaty with Lieutenant-General...     Browse Haiti Timeline by Year »   1492 1493 1494 1496 1498 1499 1502 1503 1508 1528 1592 1606 1625 1659 1664 1665 1670 1685 1697 1743 1749 1751 1758 1766 1767 1772 1777 1778 1779 1781 1786 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1811 1812 1814 1816 1818 1820 1821 1822 1825 1831 1838 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1849 1852 1853 1854 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1865 1867 1869 1870 1872 1874 1875 1876 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1888 1889 1893 1896 1897 1902 1904 1908 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1926 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1940 1941 1944 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1977 1979 1980 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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