James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
To Toussaint lOuverture
By William Wordsworth (17701850)
Toussaint lOuverture was a Haitian slave and revolutionist. During the troubles in Hayti in 1791 he took a prominent part in affairs, and after a varied career he became undisputed master of the island. He was finally subdued by a force sent by Napoleon, and taken to France, where he died in imprisonment a year later, on April 27, 1803.