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 an official document of manumism was never drawn up for Toussaint as a "freeman", he was granted complete liberty within the territory of the plantation. Bayo…
