Toussaint Louverture played three major roles in the Haitian Revolution. Toussaint Louverture was born a slave and was taught to read and write. As an educated slave he was smart enough to know how to stick up for himself and his slave owners made him the overseer of the other slaves. He was liberated by his owners. He joined the military to fight for the liberation of all the slaves. Later on in the fight for freedom, he became the military commander and ruler of Saint Domingue. He had many important roles in the Haitian Revolution and he should be remembered as a military commander more than he should be remembered as a liberator of slaves or ruler of Saint Domingue.
One way Toussaint Louverture should be remembered was as a liberator of slaves. One of the main reasons Toussaint was focused on
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Toussaint was born and raised as a slave, therefore, he understood where the hate, struggle, suffering, and the reason for revenge came from. Since he was an educated slave he had more of a privilege than the others, he was put in charge of watching the others slaves and making sure they did their jobs. As he watched over the slaves, he witnessed the brutality of the slaves and when he became a free slave, he was educated enough to fight for slaves and aim to liberate them. All Toussaint wanted was for slaves to be free, he fought for that all his life; he died and fighting for the freedom of slaves. As the ruler of Saint Domingue and military commander, he takes the advantage of his power and makes a difference. He first revolted against France, but stopped once Robespierre abolished slavery. He turned against France