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Toussaint Louverture
1802 - Fort de Joux
Under guard in the cold stone of Fort de Joux, the man who led the only successful slave revolution in history writes what Napoleon's prison was designed to erase.
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Alexander Hamilton
1804 - New York
In the summer before the duel, the architect of American finance sets down what the republic he built will never credit him for.
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William Pitt the Younger
1805 - London
With his body failing faster than his office, Britain's youngest prime minister reflects on the weight of leading a nation at war.
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Fort de Joux, Jura Mountains
Alive in this timeline around 1802 / story span 1802
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New York City, New York
Alive in this timeline around 1804 / story span 1789-1804
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Revolution and empire
1750 to 1825
Private lives inside state collapse, military ambition, and the remaking of legitimacy.
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Toussaint Louverture
1802 - Fort de Joux
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Under guard in the cold stone of Fort de Joux, the man who led the only successful slave revolution in history writes what Napoleon's prison was designed to erase.
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