{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e1f02159a47b5450663b62a/5ee381ba35dd426f13a1c561?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Wrongful Death of Toussaint Louverture","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e1f02159a47b5450663b62a/1591967335702-31284b789c4d6906322ce3a00192a972.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The hero of the Haitian Revolution’s lonely death in a French prison cell was not an unfortunate tragedy but a cruel story of deliberate destruction.</p><p><br></p><p>This article is from the June issue of History Today: buy a copy of the issue from our&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.historytoday.com/shop/buy-current-issue\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>, or read it via the History Today app, available on Google Play and the App Store.</p><p><br></p><p>Introduced by History Today editor, Paul Lay. Read by Greig Johnson. Written by Marlene L. Daut.</p><p>Music: Kai Engel.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Portrait of Toussaint Louverture, chromolithograph by George DeBaptiste, c.1870 © Getty Images.</p>","author_name":"History Today"}