Louverture’s Effective Leadership: Haiti’s Answer to Slavery From 1791 to 1802, a former slave known as Toussaint Louverture committed his life to the abolishment of slavery in Haiti. After accomplishing his goal of freedom, Louverture’s success flourished as his name, along with his amazing audacity attained universal fame. His military reputation of conquering just about any piece of land that Louverture desired created a wave of fear, all the way from America to England …showed first 75 words of 1463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1463 total…Toussaint L’Ouverture was an exceptional leader. His ability to take charge and his influence on others are the reasons for his significant accomplishment of abolishing slavery. “What he did is more easily told than what he was.”—Social historian James G. Leybum. The hero of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint L’Ouverture effectively applied his power as a political and military figure so that he could realize his ambition to free the slaves of Haiti.