02118cam a2200301 4500 991140854 TxAuBib 20231001120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781647001674 1647001676 B08598FT1W Amazon 8901da93-5849-4413-bed4-ca8008045f4a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5318035 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hale, Nathan, 1976- Blades of Freedom: A Louisiana Purchase Tale [OverDrive] : A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase. ABRAMS, 2020. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Juvenile Nonfiction. HTML:<b>Discover the story of the Haitian Revolution—the largest uprising of enslaved people in history—in this installment of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling graphic novel series</b><br /> <br /> Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America. While Napoleon climbed the ranks of the French army and government, enslaved people were organizing in Haiti under the leadership of François Mackandal, Dutty Boukman, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Touissant L'Ouverture, who in 1791 led the largest uprising of enslaved people in history—the Haitian Revolution.<br /> <br /> Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!<br />. 2. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-09-30 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8901da93-5849-4413-bed4-ca8008045f4a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8901da93-5849-4413-bed4-ca8008045f4a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)