Bayon de Libertat was the white French manager of Bréda Plantation near Cap-Français and one of the most important colonial figures in Toussaint Louverture's pre-revolutionary life.
Toussaint served him as coachman — a role that allowed unusual autonomy and message-carrying across plantation space. Bayon trusted Toussaint enough to leave Madame de Libertat under his protection during the first phase of the uprising, and later wrote a letter in Toussaint's defense that historians have repeatedly cited for the Bréda period.
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Madison Smartt BellToussaint Louverture: A Biography2007
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Manager, Bréda Plantation
Supervised the plantation on which Toussaint held positions as coachman, commandeur, and herb-doctor