'A courageous chief only is wanted. Where is he, that great man whom nature owes to her vexed, oppresses and tormented children? Where is he? He will appear, doubt it not; he will come forth and raise the sacred standard of liberty.'

Saint-Domingue, the most lucrative colony in the world, is fuelled by the exploitation of 500,000 slaves. But the waves of the French Revolution are washing up on its shores: dreams of liberty, equality, fraternity are spreading in the plantations. Is Toussaint L'Ouverture the courageous chief who can help them achieve this?

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