Short answers, pulled from the story.
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was born on the 20th of May 1743 into slavery at the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue. He grew up speaking the Fon language before learning Creole French and eventually Standard French.
Historical records discovered after 1938 revealed that Louverture was actually freed between 1772 and 1776 making him an affranchi long before the revolution began. At age 48 he had accumulated enough wealth to own several coffee plantations including those at Petit Cormier Grande Rivière and Ennery.
On the 7th of July 1801 Louverture promulgated a constitution establishing him as Governor-General-for-Life with near absolute powers over the entire island of Hispaniola. Article 3 declared there could be no slaves and that all men were born free and French while Article 6 made Catholicism the only publicly professed faith.
He died in prison on the 7th of April 1803 at age 59 after being imprisoned at Fort-de-Joux in Doubs starting the 25th of August 1802. Suggested causes for his death included exhaustion malnutrition apoplexy pneumonia and possibly tuberculosis.
Louverture was known throughout his life as a devout Roman Catholic who attended Mass daily when possible and served as godfather at multiple slave baptisms. He identified as a loyal Christian Frenchman and strove to convince Napoleon Bonaparte of his loyalty despite receiving no reply from the First Consul.