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The sonnet, To Toussaint Louverture by british poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 Cockermouth, Cumberland – April 13, 1850) gives an example of how closely Toussaint Louverture's actions and later imprisonment by the French, were followed around the world.
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TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE By William Wordsworth TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy of men! |
created 1802, ~August 1-29; published 1803, Morning Post, London, February 2, 1803
See also
- The Last Days Of Toussaint L'Ouverture - account of a 1859 visit to Fort de Joux
- An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti - excerpts portraying Toussaint Louverture.
- The History and Present Condition of St. Domingo (1837) - Excerpt of 1837 book about Toussaint Louverture and his contemporaries in the Haitian Revolution.
- Fort de Joux - French prison in which Toussaint Louverture died.
Reference
- Wordsworth, William. The Complete Poetical Works. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888; Bartleby.com, 1999. www.bartleby.com/145/. [Date of access: November 9, 2005].
- Mary Persyn: The Sublime Turn Away from Empire: Wordsworth's Encounter with Colonial Slavery, 1802
- Dietrich H. Fischer: William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) A Selection - English and German
