Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 42: Toussaint Louverture, governor general of the island of Saint-Domingue: a man and a monument
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 42, of April 2020. The issue covers Toussaint Louverture, governor general of the island of Saint-Domingue: a man and a monument. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 21 pages.
Key Findings
- The bulletin uses the 217th anniversary of Toussaint Louverture's death to present him as both historical figure and monumental heritage.
- ISPAN emphasizes his rise from slavery to lieutenant-general and governor general of Saint-Domingue.
- The issue links his tactical intelligence and political vision to the struggle for Black freedom and Haitian independence.
- Toussaint's arrest, deportation, imprisonment at Fort de Joux and death are treated as central to his posthumous memory.
- The symbolic repatriation of his ashes on 5 April 1983 is presented as a state ceremony after 181 years of exile.
- Fort de Joux is framed as a French military site transformed into a memory site by Toussaint's final captivity.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 42, of April 2020. The issue covers Toussaint Louverture, governor general of the island of Saint-Domingue: a man and a monument. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 21 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2020, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 42: Toussaint Louverture, governor general of the island of Saint-Domingue: a man and a monument, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00044