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Madison Smartt Bell calls Toussaint L'Ouverture a complex man.

Haiti has long fascinated author Madison Smartt Bell. Drawn first by Haiti's religious practices, Bell came across Toussaint L'Ouverture, the complex, brilliant Haitian revolutionary credited for leading the only successful slave uprising in history.
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