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Welcome to The Louverture Project,a free Haitian history resource. The Louverture Project (TLP) runs on MediaWiki software, the same software which powers Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. Like Wikipedia, TLP is built and maintained by a community of users, all of whom have access to and responsibility for editing the pages which make up the project. Put simply, you can edit anything you see here, and the success of The Louverture Project depends on how you participate. A unique feature of The Louverture Project will be the development of a historical narrative to accompany the encyclopedic collection of facts on the site. The Revolution Will Be Forgotten is a work in progress, a popular history of the world's greatest revolution. When read in conjunction with the TLP wiki, visitors will be able to explore the ideas, concepts, and facts referenced in the text in great detail. Of course, TLP will also function as a fully-searchable online encyclopedia, and we hope to add as many different types of reference material to the site as possible. In late summer of 2004, we're starting out with a focus on the Revolutionary Period of Haitian history, but it's not easy to tell exactly when – or if – the effects of that revolution ended. I fully expect the scope of the site to expand as more contributors come online. Be bold in adding and editing the site. Let it be l'ouverture – the opening – to knowledge and understanding of an exciting, important, and fascinating piece of world history.

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The Revolution Will Be Forgotten Everything you don't know about the World's Greatest Revolution... and why you should care. A history of the Haitian Revolution of 1789–1804 Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: The Concise and Over-Simplified Story of the Haitian Revolution of 1789–1804

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