Posthumous 1813 painting of Louverture, in a double-breasted blue officer’s coat, with brass buttons and gold epaulets on the shoulders, and a three-cornered hat. By Alexandre-François-Louis, comte de Girardin - allposters.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46545226
Today In #LaborHistory 4/7/1804: Haitian general #ToussaintLouverture died. Led slave #revolt against #France & #revolution making #Haiti the world's 1st black republic For more, read “Black Jacobins,” by #CLRJames.