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Latin American Revolutionaries

A map of colonies in Latin America on the eve of revolution, excerpted from Rise of the Spanish-American Republics by W.S. Robertson, 1921.

A map of colonies in Latin America on the eve of revolution, excerpted from Rise of the Spanish-American Republics by W.S. Robertson, 1921.

Citation Information: Robertson, William Spence, excerpt from “Rise of the Spanish-American republics, as told in the lives of their liberators,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/65429be7ea1df03fcd2ed199adf0d550

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Item 1 of 12 in the Primary Source Set Latin American Revolutionaries

A map of colonies in Latin America on the eve of revolution, excerpted from Rise of the Spanish-American Republics by W.S. Robertson, 1921.

A portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo, a leader of the Mexican independence movement who was eventually captured and executed.

An excerpt from the preface to The Life and Times of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla by Arthur Howard Noll, 1910.

An 1805 portrait of Toussaint L’Ouverture, leader of Haitian independence, who led a slave revolt and was known as the “Black Napoleon.”

An excerpt from the forward to The History of Toussaint L’Ouverture by James Stephen, published in 1814.

An excerpt from J.R. Beard’s biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture that compares L’Ouverture and Napoléon Bonaparte.

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