Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 38: Napoleon's attempt to restore slavery in Haiti was unsuccessful. Dessalines, Chief of the Blacks, defeated LeClerc. Black men, women, and children took up arms to preserve their freedom

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Title Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 38: Napoleon's attempt to restore slavery in Haiti was unsuccessful. Dessalines, Chief of the Blacks, defeated LeClerc. Black men, women, and children took up arms to preserve their freedom
Creator Jacob Lawrence
Creator Nationality American
Style Period 20th Century Art; Modern Art
Subject African American Art; Harlem Renaissance; History
Creation Date 1938 CE
Form painting
Medium gouache on paper
Dimensions 18.25 x 24.25 in.
Repository Amistad Research Center, New Orleans (United States)
Source Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom. Walter Dean Myers and Jacob Lawrence, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996.
Work ID 24534
Rights In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
ARK ark:/87278/s6z93k48
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1367129
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z93k48
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