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Toussaint Louverture grew up on the Bréda plantation. His master ran the plantation in a very unconventional way. He did not beat his slaves or kill them. He often gave trusted slaves plots of land and slaves so that they could start their own mini plantation. Louverture's godfather Father Baptist taught him how to read and write. Bayon de Libertad let Toussaint get books to read from his personal library. "Although …

…join with the Spanish army. He thought that he could take over Haiti for the slaves. On June 24, at the Bréda plantation where Toussaint was born he announced that any slave that joined him would be free. Toussaint Louverture had a very large impact on how the revolution was won. He devised military tactics, and he healed soldiers. If it had not been for him the revolution never would have worked.