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Events on Thursday 7 April 1803 1
1743 – 1803Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)Died 7 April 1803, aged 59Toussaint Louverture led the Haitian Revolution, rising from enslavement to become the effective ruler of Saint-Domingue and abolish slavery in the colony. He was lured into a trap, arrested by French forces in 1802, and deported to France. He died in captivity at Fort de Joux.