Who was Louverture a lieutenant to, at the start of the Haitian revolution?
Biassou
Dessalines
Sanite Belair
Dutty Boukman
Answer
Toussaint Louverture was a lieutenant to Biassou at the start of the Haitian Revolution. Biassou was a leader of the maroons, or escaped slaves, in Haiti. Louverture was a brilliant military strategist and eventually became the leader of the Haitian Revolution.
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