Francois-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, liberator of Haiti, was admired and helped by President John Adams (1797-1801) and hated and feared by Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a black African born into ...

Dear Editor, “François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was a mighty man, and to make matters worse he was black. And back in the days black men knew their place was in the back. But this rebel, ...

Budgeted at $30 million, biopic tracks the life of Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, leader of the18th century slave rebellion that led to the founding of Haiti. No cast has yet been confirmed.

"Toussaint," Glover's first project as film director, is about Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), a former slave and one of the fathers of Haiti's independence from France in ...