Toussaint L'Ouverture?

Question

What is it? and why is important?
(western European history)

Answer 1

He was a leader of a slave rebellion in Haiti. Before being the leader of that rebellion, which took place in 1789, he was a follower of Jean Biasou. After the rebellion, he became the first president of independent Haiti. He and his followers were not gentle, to anyone, children included.