Pierre Toussaint Primary Sources

Upon her deathbed, Pierre Toussaint's enslaver manumitted Pierre Toussaint with this document. 

For his many years of service, friends of Pierre Toussaint requested that he get a picture of him taken. It is now held at Columbia University.

A year after Pierre Toussaint dies his biography is written by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee. She modeled her portrayal of Pierre Toussaint on Uncle Tom of the recently published novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Pierre Toussaint is getting recognized more and more by the general public. The death of George Floyd, inspired many cities to examine their own black history. In 2021, New York City renamed Church Ave, Pierre Toussaint Boulevard.