
4.13- The War of Knives
Revolutions
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Toussaint Louverture and the French Revolution
Last week toussaint louverture rid himself of joseph de douville, the directory's official emissary to saint domain. He also opened up independent diplomatic relations with both the united states and great britain. But tusson was not prepared to go all the way just yet - he rebuffed advances from both the british and americans to declare independence. Now that tousson has leap frogged rigot in terms of power and prestige, it's time for rigot and his colored allies to head back to the bosom of the metropole.
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