Difference Between Toussaint L Ouverture And Simon Bolivar

There were many Latin American leader that have helped countries gain independence. They have helped improved the lives of the people greatly. Two independence leaders that helped the lives of the people were Toussaint L’Ouverture and Simon Bolivar. Toussaint L’Ouverture was from a small country called Haiti whose mother country was France. Toussaint was an enslaved African who had no say because he was a slave. He did not like the extremely harsh treatment from whites towards the African Americans. Simon Bolivar was a creole, son of a peninsulare who can’t rise to highest level because they weren't born in Europe. Simon was born in Latin America which made him the second highest class. He did not like that treatment towards creoles due to where they were born. Toussaint L’Ouverture’s family was relocated from Africa to Haiti to be a slave. Toussaint was born into slavery on a plantation. Growing up Toussaint was always curious about reading until a priest taught him how to read and write. The owner of the plantation allowed Toussaint into his personal library to read books. This allowed Toussaint to learn more information and become skilled. …show more content…
After salver was temporarily abolished in Haiti Napoleon continued it. This time Toussaint could not do anything to stop it from happening. Toussaint was captured and sent to jail for years until he later died. One of his generals took over for him and resumed the independence. Simon Bolivar helped many countries in Latin America gain independence from Europe. He fought many battles to claim territory. Simon later became a dictator to keep all of the countries in Latin America united. Many times Simon was attempted to be murdered but escaped. Toussaint independence movement was the most successful since after his death slavery was ended. Even after attempts of people trying to continue slavery the slaves stayed together to