Bibliograph

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Blades of Freedom, Nathan Hale, Volume 10

Type

Label

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Blades of Freedom, Nathan Hale, Volume 10

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated E

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Blades of Freedom

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Nathan Hale

Summary

Discover the story of the Haitian Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series! The Louisiana Purchase (1803) is today seen as one of history's greatest bargains. But why did Napoleon Bonaparte sell this seemingly prosperous territory? At the time, France controlled Haiti, and there, enslaved Africans were used to harvest sugar. But in 1791, Toussaint Louverture led the largest uprising of enslaved people in human history, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Napoleon had originally wanted to use Louisiana for trade, but with Haiti out of his control, Napoleon's dream of making a French empire in North America seemed doomed. So when Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe tried to buy New Orleans, Napoleon sold them the whole Louisiana Territory

Target audience

juvenile

Contributor

Creator