'Toussaint L'Ouverture' A lecture by Wendell Phillips (1861)

"Toussaint L'Ouverture" A lecture on Toussaint Louverture by Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 Boston - February 2, 1884 Boston) given December 1861, in New York and Boston. Phillips was a lawyer and president of the Anti-slavery Society  and candidate of the labor reformers and prohibitionists for governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Lecture given in New York and Boston


Wikipedia: Anti-slavery Society; See also: Société des Amis des Noirs - An influential French anti-slavery society with a role in the Haitian Revolution.

See: Fort de Joux - The prison in the French Alps where Toussaint died in captivity. For a photo of the dungeon, see: Dungeon at Fort de Joux

French translation of speech

 * Windows on Haiti: Discours de Wendell Phillips Décembre 1861, à New York et à Boston - Translation of the lecture into French by Dr. Letances.

Reference

 * Wikipedia contributors (2006). Wendell Phillips. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:19, January 9, 2006.

External link

 * National Park Service: Boston African-American National History Site - Wendell Philips