Portrait and signature of Francois Dominique Toussaint dit ??Toussaint-Louverture??(Toussaint Louverture; 1743-1803); a Haitian statesman; leader of the revolt in Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo; San Domingo; former name of Haiti); he was one of the leaders of the Haitian independence movement against the French of Napoleon Bonaparte; which led to the creation of the first black republic in 1804. Engraving published in the American magazine ??Harpers New Monthly Magazine; 1871.