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Governors of Saint-Domingue

  • Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772)Charles Leclerc was born on the 17th of March 1772 in Pontoise, Île-de-France. He volunteered to join the French Royal Army in 1791 as a second lieutenant.
  • Toussaint LouvertureFrançois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was born on the 20th of May 1743 into slavery at the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue.