Question

Which factor helped Touissant L'Ouverture be an effective leader during the Haitian Rebellion? (5 points)

a) He was wealthy and successful.
b) He was born and raised in France.
c) He was a former slave himself.
d) He owned land in several parts of Haiti.

Answer 1

c) He was a former slave himself

Answer 2

Option: c) He was a former slave himself.

Step-by-step explanation:

Touissant L'Ouverture also known as 'The Black Napoleon', because of his uprising revolt in Haiti which led to the decline of slavery in Haiti. Touissant L'Ouverture was born in Saint Domingue, a slave. Haiti was a French colony where sugar plantation was done with the help of slavery. Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave mutiny and freed the slaves in the French colony. He turned the colony into a country governed by former black slaves and made himself ruler of the entire island of Hispaniola.