Propaganda agents praised Louverture’s self-made qualities rather than formal education
Evidence
The love of liberty and the motherland,” the agent noted, had given Louverture qualities that even the best education could not have provided him. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 763
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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