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A 1938 book on this event separates one society into “small whites” and “big whites” whose class divide left them “sleeping (10[1])at the edge of Vesuvius.” A leader of this event inspired by Abbe Reynal (“ah-BAY ray-NALL”) was imprisoned at the Fort de Jeux (-5[1])(“zhuh”). This event was fomented by the affranchis (10[1])and fought by the militias who later split under leaders like Alexandre Pétion and Henri Christophe (“on-REE krees-TOFF”). C. L. R. James’s book The Black Jacobins (10[1])chronicles this event, (10[1])during which Charles Leclerc’s (“luh-CLAIR’s”) force (10[1])was decimated by yellow fever while fighting generals like Jean-Jacques Dessalines (“day-sah-LEEN”). For 10 points, (10[1])Toussaint L’Ouverture (10[1])(“TOO-sahn loo-vair-TOOR”) led what (10[1])slave revolt on a French colony in the Caribbean? ■END■ (10[1])

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