A freed slave and hairdresser who took a surname honoring this other person was declared "Venerable" by Pope John Paul II in 1996 for his extensive charity work in New York.
A freed slave and hairdresser who took a surname honoring this other person was declared "Venerable" by Pope John Paul II in 1996 for his extensive charity work in New York. This leader initially served as a doctor in a force which had coalesced after the sacrifice of a black pig in the "Crocodile Woods" by Dutty Boukman. This leader was betrayed and sent off to a freezing fort in the Jura Mountains after surrendering to Charles Leclerc. Yellow fever (*) destroyed the forces sent to defeat this man, whose lieutenants Alexander Petion, Henri-Christophe, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines all ruled his country after his death. This person became the leader of an uprising in the colony of Saint-Domingue. For 10 points, name this former slave who led the Haitian Revolution.
A freed slave and hairdresser who took a surname honoring this other person was declared "Venerable" by Pope John Paul II in 1996 for his extensive charity work in New York.
Toussaint L'Ouverture [or François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture; or Toussaint Bréda; prompt on Toussaint]